The US and Mexico just agreed to limit nonessential travel at the southern border to slow the spread of the coronavirus

• The US-Mexico border will be closed to nonessential travel, President Donald Trump announced Friday, to try and slow the spread of COVID-19.
• Similar restrictions are being implemented at the US-Canada border ,Trump announced earlier this week.
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The US-Mexico border will be closed to nonessential travel, President Donald Trump said on Friday, in an effort to try and slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

"As we did with Canada, we're also working with Mexico to implement new rules at our ports of entry to suspend nonessential travel," Trump said at a press conference. "These new rules and procedures will not impede lawful trade and commerce."

The announcement comes days after the US-Canada border was closed to nonessential travel. The closure, announced Wednesday, was scheduled to take effect on Friday.

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