Tough choice for Covid zero countries: open up or be a hermit kingdom

Experts warn of ‘Covid limbo’ for nations like Australia that have self-isolated to stay free of widespread infections

03 June 2021 - 20:19 By Jason Gale and Kurumi Mori

“Covid zero” countries that used strict border controls to keep the coronavirus largely at bay for more than a year risk being stuck in limbo and increasingly isolated unless vaccination rates pick up, public health experts said...

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