Travel Ban Could Reduce Spread Of SARS Or Other Infectious Diseases

... Restricting travel could help reduce the spread of infections like SARS by more than 50 percent. In a study published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine, Swedish researchers simulated infection scenarios and tested the impact of travel restrictions on the spread of infection. They show that banning trips longer than 50 km would greatly reduce the spread of infection, even if 30 percent of the population did not comply. ...