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  • World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to follow science and the International Health Regulations (2005) instead of imposing flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new Omicron variant
  • WHO said travel restrictions might play a role in slightly reducing the spread of COVID-19 but place a heavy burden on lives and livelihoods

As a growing number of countries impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new Omicron variant, World Health Organization (WHO) urges countries to follow science and the International Health Regulations (2005).

In a statement, WHO said travel restrictions might play a role in slightly reducing the spread of COVID-19 but place a heavy burden on lives and livelihoods.

If restrictions are implemented, they should not be unnecessarily invasive or intrusive and should be scientifically based, according to the International Health Regulations, a legally binding instrument of international law …