Jittery nations rush to restrict travel as new variant emerges

European countries on Friday joined Singapore, Israel and others in restricting travel from southern Africa in a frantic effort to keep a newly identified, and apparently significantly evolved, variant of the coronavirus from crossing into their borders. This time, restrictions came within hours of South Africa’s announcement — at least 10 countries had announced measures before South African scientists had finished a meeting with WHO experts about the variant on Friday.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/jittery-nations-rush-to-restrict-travel-as-new-variant-emerges/articleshow/87940027.cms