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US keeps ban on nonessential border crossings to slow COVID

| August 21, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday extended a ban on nonessential travel along the borders with Canada and Mexico to slow the spread of COVID-19 despite increasing pressure to lift the restriction.

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