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UrduIn a major multidisciplinary collaboration effort across Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, researchers have published a pioneering study on the spread of infections across Nordic borders from spring until the end of 2020. The report sheds light on the efficacy of cross-border travel restrictions, helping us better understand which measures actually make a difference.
Tag: Travel Restrictions
In a Pandemic, Migration Away from Dense Cities More Effective than Closing Borders
During the COVID-19 pandemic, closing national borders and borders between states and regions has been prevalent. But does it help? In a paper in Chaos, researchers decided to put this hypothesis to the test and discover if confinement and travels bans are really effective ways to limit the spread of a pandemic disease. Specifically, they focused on the movement of people from larger cities to smaller ones and tested the results of this one-way migration.
Evaluating the effectiveness of travel bans
A new study sheds light on how COVID-19 spreads regionally and between countries, as well as on how effective governmental measures to curb the spread of the pandemic have been to date.
Tourism Professor Can Comment on Travel During COVID-19 Pandemic
Evan Jordan is an assistant professor in the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington’s Department of Health & Wellness Design. His research focuses on the intersection of travel and health. He is particularly interested in tourism’s impact on stress, emotions,…