Background We use a unique database on Facebook users' mobility to study the daily evolution of cross-border movements of people during the Covid-19 pandemic. To limit censoring issues, we focus on 45 pairs of European countries, and document the changes in daily traffic during an entire ...
Assessing the impact of government responses to Covid-19 is crucial to contain the pandemic and improve preparedness for future crises. We investigate here the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and infection threats on the daily evolution of cross-border movements of people during the...
BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- As signs of a wider global spread of the COVID-19 epidemic are becoming obvious, the international community must take scientific and targeted measures to prevent further cross-border transmission of the disease. As of Thursday, novel coronavirus-infected cases have...
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- China and Japan need to boost coordination to prevent cross-border spread of the COVID-19 epidemic and effectively safeguard public health in both countries and the region at large, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday night. In ...
Background: The Dutch province of Limburg borders the German district of Heinsberg, which had a large cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to local carnival activities in February, before any cases were reported in the Netherlands. However, Heinsberg was not included as an area reporting local or ...
South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said people entering and leaving South Africa through the Beitbridge border post this festive season would now be required to produce Covid-19 clearance certificates.Motsoaledi made the announcement following his meeting with his Zimbabwean ...
[41]. The main tasks of the MTF have been not only to direct the national whole-of-government response to COVID-19 outbreak, but also to work with the international community to respond to the outbreak. For example, this taskforce has focused on border controls, the circuit breaker (lock...
The Canada Border Services Agency is announcing that as of June 8, foreign nationals who are immediate family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents, and who do not have COVID-19 or exhibit any signs or symptoms of COVID-19, or who do not have reason to believe the...
Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 border closure has shut out a Maple Ridge family that was in the process of moving to their new home in the province. David and Julie Kaplan were driving across the country, but were stopped at the New Brunswick border. That province informed them Nova Scotia’s ...
"All 51 temporary border passes were closed and one permanent border pass remained open in each border province, except Chiang Rai that bordered two countries, Laos and Myanmar," said Anupong. The Interior Minister also said that he has given provincial governors the power to close their permane...