Passengers wearing protective face masks walk through the international arrivals hall of London’s Heathrow Airport in London on June 8, when the UK began to impose a 14-day quarantine rule on most travellers. Photo: Bloomberg Passengers wearing protective face masks walk through the international arrivals hall of London’s Heathrow Airport in London on June 8, when the UK began to impose a 14-day quarantine rule on most travellers. Photo: Bloomberg
Passengers wearing protective face masks walk through the international arrivals hall of London’s Heathrow Airport in London on June 8, when the UK began to impose a 14-day quarantine rule on most travellers. Photo: Bloomberg
Richard Harris
Opinion

Opinion

The View by Richard Harris

Coronavirus travel restrictions will have to give way soon to the economic imperative

  • Policymakers may be reluctant to take the step, which would risk a second wave of infections, but the first green shoots of recovery are apparent and must be nurtured
  • With a viable vaccine still months away, governments must study precedents, make sense of the conflicting advice, and begin to ease restrictions

Richard Harris
Richard Harris

Updated: 3:59am, 12 Jun, 2020

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Passengers wearing protective face masks walk through the international arrivals hall of London’s Heathrow Airport in London on June 8, when the UK began to impose a 14-day quarantine rule on most travellers. Photo: Bloomberg Passengers wearing protective face masks walk through the international arrivals hall of London’s Heathrow Airport in London on June 8, when the UK began to impose a 14-day quarantine rule on most travellers. Photo: Bloomberg
Passengers wearing protective face masks walk through the international arrivals hall of London’s Heathrow Airport in London on June 8, when the UK began to impose a 14-day quarantine rule on most travellers. Photo: Bloomberg
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Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Richard has pioneered Asian investment management at senior levels for companies such as JP Morgan, Citi, BNY Mellon and several start-ups. He has 40 years of experience in a full range of investment and capital markets activities. He is CEO of Port Shelter Investment Management.