Coronavirus: was Britain’s ‘delayed’ India travel ban decision driven by post-Brexit trade ties?

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was slow to ban travel to India, even as cases of a dangerous Covid-19 variant in the world’s second most populous country surged. Scientists and advisers now fear the UK has exposed its vulnerability, and the question is if the government machine can move fast enough when the next strain arrives.Officials privately suspect Johnson’s team was reluctant to close the border to travellers from India for political reasons with post-Brexit ties around the world…

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