Mexico closes border in Arizona as coronavirus cases in both countries surge

The Hill ^ | 07 03 2020 | J. Edward Moreno

[yesthatjallen]

The Northern Mexican state of Sonora — which borders Arizona and a small portion of New Mexico — is toughening border restrictions this weekend as both regions experience a surge in coronavirus cases.

In anticipation of the Fourth of July weekend, the state government announced plans to place filters at Sonora's main border cities to turn back tourists and those traveling for other nonessential purposes.

“We are all going to be on alert at this time to prevent them from coming, whether they are Mexicans living in the U.S., Americans or those who want to come to spend the weekend and put a greater burden on us regarding COVID,” Senora Gov. Claudia Pavlovich said in a statement to the Arizona Daily Star.

Sonoran Health Secretary Enrique Clausen said on Twitter Wednesday that he intended to seek more restrictive, temporary controls for nonessential travel. Clausen has himself tested positive for the virus.

“I will request the State Health Council to ask the Mexican Health and Foreign Affairs Council to temporarily close the United States border to Sonora to avoid and reduce COVID-19 infections,” he said.

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[Gnome1949]

Northbound border crossings from Mexico are the source of the surge in cases in Arizona which is what I suspected for several weeks. American officials refused to report the source because it would be “racist.” Many are covid-sick American expats rushing north for health care in the USA.

Americans living in Mexico want the cheap life but are paying the pandemic illness price and then dragging it back into the USA.

[ully2]

They should make it permanent.

[ronnie raygun]

My brother in law lives in Arizona, he has know idea what the hell they are talking about

[ransomnote]

Word got out that Mexicali was sending patients into the US. A friend who lives in AZ said that was whispered about in that state too. So, to fix the optics of Deep Staters flooding the states with Covid-19 cases to justify lockdown and get mail-in-voting by any means necessary (so they can steal ballots), it's time for Mexico to yell that it's closing its borders.

Here's a prior thread about that:

 

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