SAO PAULO: Brazilian health regulator Anvisa recommended on Friday that travel be restricted from some African countries due to the detection of a new COVID-19 variant, but President Jair Bolsonaro appeared to dismiss such measures.
The EU and Britain are already tightening border controls as researchers look into whether the new mutation is vaccine-resistant. Before the Anvisa statement on Friday, Bolsonaro told supporters it made little sense to close borders.
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