Covid 19 coronavirus: Experts sceptical travel bans can stop spread of new variants
22 Dec, 2020 08:25 PM
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The closed port at Dover, England, on Monday as many European nations blocked arrivals from Britain because of a coronavirus variant there. Photo / Andrew Testa, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Marc Santora
It isn't clear how widely the variants are already circulating. So the latest moves by countries to bar international travellers may again be too little, too late.
As nation after nation rushed this week to
close their borders with Britain, the moves brought back memories of the way the world reacted after the coronavirus first emerged broadly in the spring. Most of those initial travel prohibitions came too late, put in place after the virus had already seeded itself in communities far and wide.