South Australia has scrapped COVID-19 border restrictions for Western Australia and the Northern Territory but NSW remains locked out as it continues to battle a Delta variant outbreak. The SA transition committee met on Thursday to consider border rules imposed after locally acquired virus cases emerged in NSW, Queensland, the NT and WA. SA had… Read More: SA lifts COVID-19 border rules for WA, NT »
U.S. border officials have no plans for personnel on the southern border to administer coronavirus tests on migrants, which could risk the spread of the virus as thousands of families and children are released from federal custody into border communities and travel across the United States. The Biden administration is struggling to respond to the… Read More: DHS won’t test thousands of migrants before releasing into US… »
SUIFENHE, China (Reuters) – China’s northeastern border with Russia has become a frontline in the fight against a resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic as new daily cases rose to the highest in nearly six weeks – with more than 90% involving people coming from abroad. Having largely stamped out domestic transmission of the disease, China… Read More: Russian border becomes China’s frontline in fight against second virus… »
For his latest project, one artist from New York is eschewing canvas, clay or even celluloid in favor of cotija. Cosimo Cavallaro is currently using blocks of the Mexican cheese to erect a “wall” just feet from the U.S.-Mexico border in Tecate, Calif., having been spurred on by the President Trump’s call for a border wall.… Read More: Artist seeks support to build ‘cheese wall’ at Mexico border »