The dramatic spread of coronavirus around the world has travellers cancelling flights, airlines grounding planes and cutting routes, but is this just panic?

Not according to Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Doherty, whose research is mainly in the area of defence against viruses.

He “absolutely advises backing off on travel, especially for older people”.

He argues that “you do not want to get sick in a foreign country, especially if they’re already dealing with their own pandemic situation.

“There’s also the issue that you don’t know what countries will do with respect to border control.

“If you go to Israel, for example, you already have to show you can self-quarantine for two weeks on arrival or they won’t let you in.

“Domestic travel, airports and planes will be an increasingly risky environment as this ramps up.”

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