“Travel restrictions can cause more harm
than good by hindering info-sharing, medical
supply chains and harming economies,” World
Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Toner said governments are ultimately “trying
to do something that has very little benefit but
very real harm.”
“It’s been shown over and over again that putting
up barriers to travel doesn’t stop contagious
infectious diseases,” he said, pointing to past
outbreaks of Ebola, Zika and even influenza.
Instead, he said, governments should educate
people about the virus and urge people who
may have been exposed to isolate themselves.