Opening up borders? Good idea or bad?
b"European countries reopened borders Monday after a three-month coronavirus shutdown, although international visitors are still being kept away and there was uncertainty over whether many Europeans will quickly embrace travel outside their home countries. Reopening continued in Mexico and Brazil despite cases climbing in the two largest nations in Latin America, where authorities struggled to handle the pandemic\\u2019s effect on already-weak medical systems. The need for constant vigilance came into sharp focus as China, where COVID-19 first emerged late last year, rushed to contain an outbreak in the capital of Beijing. The head of the World Health Organization said more than 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported globally each day in the last two weeks, and countries that have curbed transmissions \\u201cmust stay alert to the possibility of resurgence.\\u201d Late Monday, Johns Hopkins University released new numbers: confirmed cases globally are now at 8,005,294. ABC's Tom Rivers is monitoring developments and joins Tony."