Europe Struggles to Contain Coronavirus Across Open Borders

Tourists wearing protective face masks sit at Spain square fountain in Rome on Feb. 25.Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg
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Europe wrestled with how to halt the advance of the coronavirus across the region’s porous borders, with Greece and Germany beginning tighter checks on people entering the country.

Germany is monitoring transport links by air, sea and land and will ask international travelers arriving on trains and buses to fill in landing cards stating where else they’ve traveled, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said in a press conference in Berlin.