Details Still Being Worked out on Canada-US Border Closure

Hours after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the closing of the border with the US to all tourists, a car stops at a Canadian Customs booth in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on March 18, 2020. Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

Closure of the world’s longest undefended border will begin in earnest on March 19 as Canada and the United States work out the details of banning non-essential travel between the two countries.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump announced the ban Wednesday, intended to help curtail the rapid spread of COVID-19 without disrupting the flow of essential goods and services on which Canadians and Americans depend.