COVID-19 cases rise in some states south of the border, but infectious disease experts say the risk posed by vaccinated visitors is low.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau indicated Thursday that Canada could reopen the border to fully vaccinated Americans by mid-August, with immunized travellers from across the globe following suit by early September.
Communities say possible Canada-U.S. border reopening ‘overdue,’ but experts cautious Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious disease specialist in Mississauga, Ont., said it’s the next logical step in reopening plans, and would mark a shift from efforts to eliminate risk to those that mitigate it.“The risk won’t be zero … (but) we have to start making these adjustments to move back to normal,” he.