Travel restrictions during outbreak needless and illegal, global law experts say

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Global health law experts say dozens of countries -- including the United States and Australia -- are breaking international law by imposing travel restrictions during the novel coronavirus outbreak.

In a commentary published in The Lancet medical journal, 16 health law scholars argue that the restrictions on travellers who've been in China, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, are driven by "fear, misinformation, racism and xenophobia," rather than science.

Yet Steven Hoffman, senior author of The Lancet commentary and a professor at York University's faculty of health, says 72 countries have imposed restrictions anyway. Over the longer term, the restrictions encourage other countries to similarly ignore international law during future outbreaks.

 

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Every country has their own laws, they can do what they want

I'm pretty sure if you made it mandatory for those legal 'experts' to go to Wuhan China to practice for a month, they would shut up pretty damn quick

Experts my old A$$ that's the opinion of a attention getter

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