The Office of Homeland Security confirmed Friday that it was extending limits on non-necessary to Canada and Mexico by March 21 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Homeland Safety defines non-critical vacation as “travel that is regarded tourism or recreational in mother nature.” Necessary vacation — such as vacation for trade and business — stays open up.

“To safeguard our citizens and reduce the more spread of COVID-19, the United States, Canada, and Mexico are extending the restrictions on non-essential journey at our land borders through March 21,” the department tweeted Friday. “We are also working to ensure essential trade and travel continue to be open up.”

Non-critical travel among the U.S., Canada and Mexico has been restricted because the get started of the pandemic last spring and has been prolonged many occasions.

Reuters studies that the Biden administration has been keeping conferences to focus on tightening vacation limitations at border crossings. The White Household has by now instituted a plan that necessitates air passengers to offer a negative COVID-19 check right before moving into the U.S., but has not adopted comparable insurance policies for land crossings.