Canada with its universal health care system providing free access to all citizens has flattened the coronavirus curve and  with a  population of 38 million has around 600 fewer new cases a day than Panama while the United States has 20 times more per capita.

The success in fighting the virus is put down to an early warning system, the nationwide acceptance of wearing masks and social distancing.  Americans  who cross the border of the world’s second-largest country have to be quarantined for 14 days

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned the country to remain alert and not become complacent, as it gradually reopens.

Canada is one of the countries whose citizens are allowed to visit the European Union.