5:32 Canadian officials announced on Monday measures to open the border to vaccinated travelers. While the move is being welcomed, border interests are now calling on the U.S. to reopen its ports of entry. The U.S.-Canada border has been closed to non-essential travelers since March 2020. On Monday Canadian Health Minister Patty Hajdu reported the country is in a good position to ease border restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers because nearly 80 percent of eligible Canadians have received at least one shot and over 50 percent are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. On September 7th Canada will allow entry to fully vaccinated non-essential travelers from any country. Hajdu added before that, on August 9th, fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed to enter Canada. “All travelers regardless of vaccination status will still need a negative pre-departure test. However starting August 9th we will shift to a mandatory randomized testing for fully vaccinated travelers. This shift allows us to focus efforts on unvaccinated travelers while still keeping track of new variants. The current testing and quarantine requirements will not change for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated travelers. They will still be required to complete their 14 day quarantine as well day one and day eight tests.”