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Covid-19 is set to disrupt travel for years to come. All around the world, a jumble of rules causes confusion, chokes tourism and leaves businesses struggling to work out who can do what and go where. The chaos is unlikely to subside soon, as new outbreaks emerge and governments struggle to co-ordinate policy. In a leader, we argue that most covid-19 travel restrictions should be scrapped—the rules are illiberal and often ineffective.

In Bulgaria, after a summer lull, cases of covid-19 are rising again as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads. Hospitals are preparing for yet another onslaught. Only 15% of Bulgarians are fully vaccinated, the lowest rate in the European Union, where the overall share is 52%.

A flood of vaccines has arrived in Tunisia, as foreigners vie for influence. Both Gulf states and western donors want to sway a beleaguered Arab democracy.

In America, Texas offers a cautionary tale about the struggles that the country will face with children returning to classrooms amid a rising number of covid-19 cases and a more contagious variant. Already a standoff is escalating between public-school officials and Republican state politicians.

A surge in covid-19 infections, along with stagnant vaccination rates, has prompted something else to spread across America: vaccine mandates. For months the country had seemed to be moving in the opposite direction. But fear of the Delta variant may do enough to raise vaccination rates without mandates.

American biotechnology is booming. The pandemic has highlighted the promise of clever new drugs—and the firms developing them.

Tech workers were already ditching the office before the pandemic—for programmers, it seems remote working is now becoming the norm.