Point Roberts, a tiny community cut off from the rest of the country by Canada, has had no reported cases yet
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Point Roberts is a geographical anomaly. The small town on a five-square-mile peninsula is connected solely to Canada, but it extends just below the 49th parallel, officially making it part of the US.
Getting to Point Roberts from Washington, the closest American state, means traveling by private boat, flying into its single-runway airport or driving 27 miles through the south-west corner of Canada, passing through two international border crossings.
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