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New #covid19 variant #B117 has led to vastly different responses around the globe.
Japan, for instance, has stopped all foreigners from entering until the end of January— they had detected cases of B117 as of Friday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/26/variant-coronavirus-spreading-beyond-uk/
Japan, for instance, has stopped all foreigners from entering until the end of January— they had detected cases of B117 as of Friday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/26/variant-coronavirus-spreading-beyond-uk/
2/ Canada as of now has restricted all incoming flights from the UK until January 6th #covid19 https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/canada
3/ France eased restrictions for certain categories of people as below #covid19
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/france
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/france
4/ Brazil has also restricted UK travel. #covid19
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-12-23/the-latest-uae-islamic-body-oks-vaccines-even-with-pork
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-12-23/the-latest-uae-islamic-body-oks-vaccines-even-with-pork
5/ Israel also restricts all travel from UK amidst cases of new variants #B117
#covid19
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel
#covid19
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel
6/ Important consequences of any policy decision; for instance, travel ban —>thousands of trucks on way to France from UK were suspended; aid groups deployed to bring food/water to truck drivers, as well as testing #covid19 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/world/europe/uk-dover-trucks-coronavirus-france.html?referringSource=articleShare
7/ Important executive summary from @CDCgov on new #B117 variant— comment on unlikely possibility of evading vaccine-induced immunity below #covid19
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/scientific-brief-emerging-variant.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/scientific-brief-emerging-variant.html
8/ Thoughts on the cost/benefit of implementing travel bans with new variants; some have argued that costs outweigh benefits once there has been enough spread (“too late”); others have felt differently- answer (to me) doesn’t feel clear #covid19 
https://twitter.com/abraarkaran/status/1342898884742410240
https://twitter.com/abraarkaran/status/1342898884742410240
