Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Mexican Borders Reopen For Nonessential Travel From US
The Washington Post: Mexico Border Reopening As U.S. Downgrades Travel Warning
The U.S. State Department has lowered its travel advisory for Mexico to a Level 3 from its highest possible Level 4, days before the U.S.-Mexico border closure is due to expire on Sept. 21. The modified travel advisory says U.S. travelers should “reconsider travel to Mexico due to covid-19” as well as “crime and kidnapping.” A border closure restricting nonessential travel has been in place between the United States and Mexico since March 21 in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. (McMahon, 9/14)
Fox News: Germany May Fine US Woman Over Coronavirus Outbreak In Alpine Resort
A coronavirus outbreak in an Alpine resort in Germany is being blamed on a bar-hopping 26-year-old American woman who is now facing hefty fines for ignoring a quarantine order. The outbreak has been reported in the town Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the foot of the Alps. Authorities said the woman went on the pub crawl despite being told to quarantine after exhibiting coronavirus symptoms. She was awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test. In Bavaria, those violating quarantine orders face fines of more than $2,300. (Gearty, 9/14)
AP: Panama Lifts Gender-Based Restrictions On Movement
Panama lifted a five-month-old coronavirus measure Monday that had restricted women from going out one day, and men the next.The rules limiting when people can could go out for essentials proved controversial because it led to harassment and discrimination against transgender people. (9/14)
AP: Bosnian Serb Official Jailed For War Crimes Dies Of COVID-19
Momcilo Krajisnik, a former top wartime Bosnian Serb official who was convicted of war crimes by a U.N. court, has died after contracting the new coronavirus. He was 75. Krajisnik was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison by the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, for persecuting and forcibly expelling non-Serbs during the 1992-95 war. He was released from a British prison in 2013 after serving two-thirds of the sentence. (9/15)
