FILE PHOTO: Trucks wait before the German-Polish border checkpoint Forst, as the two countries try to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Frauendorf, Germany, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union ministers sparred for more than four hours on Wednesday over emergency border curbs imposed to combat coronavirus that have stranded passengers and supply trucks in lengthy queues from Hungary and Poland to Austria and Italy.
More than a dozen countries moved to tighten or even shut borders that are usually open and uncontrolled in response to the spreading crisis, hitting work commutes, stalling deliveries of goods including food and hampering some health workers.
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