Some scientists are warming to the idea that the U.K. might be able to follow in the footsteps of another island nation, New Zealand.
. And there would be quarantines and restrictions on nonessential travel, not only at external borders but inside the country, too, if domestic hot spots emerge.
Still, with fewer than 6 million people and very low population density, that level of success would be much harder to achieve in the U.K., with nearly 70 million with a vastly higher population density, he said. Vicky Pryce, board member at the London-based CEBR consultancy and a former U.K. government economic advisor, said the economic impact of isolating England or the United Kingdom would be"disastrous" and may not even work.
Even its advocates say true zero-COVID-19 probably won't happen so long as Scotland's 96-mile border with England remains open and unchecked. That's why Sturgeon and others find it frustrating that the U.K. isn't using its natural island defenses to better effect.
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