Borders Won’t Protect Your Country From Coronavirus

Crematorium employees removing a victim of the coronavirus in Mexico City.Credit...Edgard Garrido/Reuters

By Robert E. Rubin and David Miliband

The coronavirus has hit the poorest the hardest, but until recently, they have mostly been in wealthy countries. Now, even as the pandemic continues to claim lives in high-income countries — and especially the United States — it’s spreading with ferocity in lower- and middle-income countries. The virus has infected at least 1.5 million people in Brazil and claimed more than 60,000 lives there. India ended June with around 600,000 cases; it started the month with just under 200,000.