Lawmakers in Canada and Scotland have pointed to the US as an example of failed coronavirus containment

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• Several foreign lawmakers have taken jabs at the United States' failed coronavirus containment efforts. 
• In Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the US response as "reckless."
• First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon used the US surging cases as a way to remind residents for the need to practice social distancing. 
• The European Union is set to bar Americans from traveling to its member states due to its failed containment efforts on Friday, The New York Times reported.
• The US has the highest number of infections and deaths of any country with close to 2.5 million cases with almost 125,000 deaths as of June 26. 
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Several foreign lawmakers have pointed to the United States as a failed example of what coronavirus containment is supposed to look like.  

In Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is wary of reopening the US-Canada border on July 21 due to the rising cases in multiple US states. 

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