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Experts warn against hasty travel bans

Alarmed by the new coronavirus variant that has found in UK, many nations in Europe and elsewhere suspended travel links to and from the country. But experts are skeptical of imposing the travel bans, that have devastating economic consequences. They say countries are imposing restrictions from an assumption that the virus was already not circulating widely everywhere. But that might not be entirely true as the variant might have already spread in different countries, but it will not be detected due to the weak surveillance systems that many countries have. Read