purposes. that is visiting friends or family or passing through for tourism. then in early january, those vaccine requirements will apply to essential travel like cross-border trade which has been allowed to continue over the course of the pandemic. officials also say that they are waiting for a decision by the cdc on which vaccines will be accepted. though they anticipate that those vaccines authorize and approved by the fda and w.h.o. will be allowed. but all of this, jake, is significant development for border communities where families have been separated for months and where businesses have suffered with the loss of travel. there are still some travel restrictions in place. who specifically cannot travel to the u.s. yet? we should note that u.s. citizens have been exempt from these land restrictions but the resounding message from the biden administration is to come to the united states starting in early november. you have to be fully vaccinated.
or from europe. that s true. much easier. fair point. people are fully vaccinated it s not a health decision because if it was, we would i mean, canada is within the first 15 country most fully vaccinated in the world. well, land restrictions as you know have been renewed through, i think about october 1st. but we are continuing to evaluate and make policy decisions. i would say that it is a health decision by requiring vaccinations. and we wanted to do it in a way that was equitable. so people who are vaccinated no matter which country they are coming from, obviously, they need visas and 9 proper documentation, et cetera. they would be able to come to the united states through that. land restrictions i don t have an update for you on where that stands beyond it s been extended. we re continuing to consider additional steps. okay. what kind of. okay, thanks, everyone. one question on hunter
residents of border towns. what the administration has to say is that they are fully guided by the assessment and analysis of public health and medical experts. what that fails to answer is why there s a different public health risk for those flying into the u.s. and those driving across the land borders. here s what the representative of new york brian higgins, the chair of the northern border caucus put it simply. continued closure of the u.s. border to vaccinated canadians is completely unnecessary and unexplained. clearly frustration over restrictions that have been in place since march 2020. the canadians have surpassed the united states when it comes to vaccine rates. how much of this has to do with the crisis of undocumented migrants crossing the border? so we are learning that the u.s. previously relayed to the canadian counterpart they want the land restrictions on the same timeline. this as you mention, even though the situations are completely different. you have overwhe