AL JAZEERA: Fear as Colombia closes border with Venezuela over coronavirus →
Move will push vulnerable Venezuelans to use informal border crossings, making coronavirus fight harder, experts say.
![People wearing protective face masks line up to cross the border between Colombia and Venezuela at the Simon Bolivar international bridge, after the WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic, in Cucuta, Colombia [Carlos Eduardo Ramirez/Reuters]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc413189b7d1509fe6fc64b/1584753878160-0YZ47PIG9PMY8FXC6PA0/b6e785d62b0d45b5a2251bce463eaef2_18.jpg)
People wearing protective face masks line up to cross the border between Colombia and Venezuela at the Simon Bolivar international bridge, after the WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic, in Cucuta, Colombia [Carlos Eduardo Ramirez/Reuters]