Amidst the Omicron variant of Covid 19 spreading across South Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that the blanket travel bans won’t forestall the global spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variation, even as many nations have as of now presented such limitations.
Blanket Travel Bans Will Only Affect Lives, Livelihood
Despite the fact that Omicron has been marked a “variation of concern” by the WHO, it said on Tuesday that blanket travel bans will just place a significant weight on lives and livelihood, while too “disincentivizing countries to report and share epidemiological and sequencing data”.
The Omicron variation was first answered to the WHO by South Africa last week. Up until now, a few nations and districts have affirmed instances of disease with Omicron. Many nations have effectively fixed travel gauges, and surprisingly suspended flights, Xinhua news office revealed.
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At a part states meeting on the Omicron variation on Tuesday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said thanks to Botswana and South Africa for identifying and revealing this variation so quickly. It is profoundly stressing that these nations were being punished by others for making the best choice, he said.
He called the “blunt, blanket measures” presented by some member states not evidence-based or effective on their own.” He urged countries to take “rational, proportional risk-reduction measures, in keeping with the international health regulations.”
In the interim, the WHO prompts that “people who are unwell or in danger of creating serious Covid-19 illness and passing on, including individuals 60 years old or more seasoned or those with comorbidities like coronary illness, disease and diabetes,” ought to defer itinerary items.
Omicron Variant Was Detected A Week Ago
This comes after WHO recently stated that for the people who are not fully vaccinated against Covid 19 are more vulnerable to the disease including people who are over 60 years of age.
Omicron Variant was first reported to the WHO less than a week ago after it was detected in South Africa. It has already spread to many other countries. WHO further noted the increasing number of countries puting travel bans for the tourists arriving from the countries where the variant has already been spread.
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