Human Cost of COVID Travel Bans: Thousands Stranded for Over 18 Months

Human Cost of COVID Travel Bans: Thousands Stranded for Over 18 Months
There was much heartache for bi-national families during COVID-19 travel restrictions. Carlos Osorio/Reuters
Jessie Zhang
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Evidence of the substantial human cost of COVID-19 travel and border restrictions has emerged in new reports, particularly for the tens of thousands of international travellers who were stranded overseas and separated from their loved ones for over 18 months during the pandemic.

Lead author Pippa McDermid from the University of New South Wales said that most studies have looked at the impacts of travel bans from a disease-mitigating standpoint.

Jessie Zhang
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Jessie Zhang is a reporter based in Sydney, Australia, covering news on health and science.
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