The U-S is lifting COVID-19 vaccination requirements for foreign air travellers and at the border as of May 12th.
Canada ended its vaccination requirements for foreign visitors back in October.
The White House says deaths from COVID-19 around the world are at their lowest levels since the start of the pandemic, and 95 per cent lower in the U-S than they were in January 2021.
It's just one more eruption of unrest in a year marked by protests against how Black Americans are treated by police.
A virtual experience will be created to allow people to take part in the countdown to 2021 from wherever they are, organizers said.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the virus spreads primarily through small airborne droplets, like those that fly through the air when someone coughs or sneezes.
The CDC now says anyone who has been within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes should get a test.
Since the poll, questions have only mounted about whether the government is trying to rush treatments and vaccines to help President Donald Trump's reelection chances.
People in Oregon, Washington state and California have been struggling for a week or longer under some of the most unhealthy air on the planet.