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.