'They can adversely impact global health efforts during a pandemic by disincentivizing countries to report and share epidemiological and sequencing data,' the World Health Organization said in a statement.
U.S. airports are ramping up optional COVID testing as the Biden administration considers requiring all travelers entering the U.S. to be tested one day before their flight.Global health authorities are urging against the use of"blanket" travel bans in response to the threat of new coronavirus variants, as some nations have rushed to shutter incoming travel from southern African countries where the omicron variant has been detected.
The WHO's advice comes after it said some 56 countries were reportedly implementing travel measures aimed at potentially delaying the importation of the omicron variant. Fauci's remarks notably came before the U.S. confirmed the first case of the omicron variant in California on Wednesday. Travel bans can"buy you a little time," he said, but only if they are implemented quickly and uniformly.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa echoed the WHO's sentiments in remarks to reporters while traveling to Nigeria on Tuesday, saying South Africa should not be"punished" for travel bans after being transparent with its omicron detection and research. "And for us, the tourism industry is one of the key industries for southern Africa as well," he said."So, this is unfair, this is discriminatory against us, and they are imposing a very unfair punishment."
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