'I Don't Think We're Ready': Ford Says It's Too Early To Open Border

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'I Don't Think We're Ready': Ford Says It's Too Early To Open Border
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The current border closure expires on July 21. Doug Ford thinks even opening then may be too early.

has extended a ban on non-essential travel between the two countries until at least that day, and Ford said even after that it seems too early.“You see what’s happening down in the states, you look at Florida, you look at Texas, Arizona, California — I don’t want to be those states.”

Several states set single-day COVID-19 case records this week, including Arizona, California, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas and Oklahoma.Ontario Premier Doug Ford addresses the press at his daily briefing on COVID-19 at the legislature in Toronto on Thursday. Ontario, meanwhile, has recorded fewer than 200 new daily cases for 10 out of the past 12 days and with a growth rate of less than one per cent for almost three weeks.“But man, this thing comes back, that’s what concerns me. So we have to stay focused and we can’t let our guard down for a heartbeat. We let our guard down and look what happened to Florida, look what happened to California and Arizona and Texas. That’s what happens when you’re reckless, you’re careless and you let your guard down.

Ontario’s chief medical officer, Dr. David Williams, said some of the states with roughly the same population as Ontario are reporting more than 1,500 new daily cases. In Ontario, no day has seen an increase over 700.“We’d like to get low enough to say with our methods, with our controls, with our protection, with our social circles, with our cohorting, we might even fend off a second wave.”

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