Travel bans not the answer to Omicron variant, WHO says
by Andrew Gregory Health editor from on (#5SSBN)
Stopping people flying won't stop spread of variant, Europe official says, as archbishop denounces travel apartheid'
The Omicron coronavirus variant is already everywhere" and travel bans will not stop its spread, the World Health Organization's top Europe official has said, as the archbishop of Canterbury called for the scrapping of a travel apartheid".
As mounting numbers of cases are detected and evidence suggests the Omicron variant transmits faster than Delta, 43 countries in the European region have imposed travel restrictions.
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