Travel ban also hampered research and lacked any logic, say experts
South Africa has been thanked profusely by the WHO for its sterling scientific work and transparency with regard to Omicron.The World Health Organisation has lambasted countries across the globe for victimising SA in the wake of it revealing the new Covid-19 Omicron variant.
The variant has been found in 23 countries at the moment, the WHO said, but a backlog of cases across the globe could reveal its presence in several more.“It is deeply concerning to me that SA and Botswana are being penalised.” He thanked the two countries for “detecting, sequencing and reporting so rapidly” on Omicron, and said that a “blanket travel ban will not prevent the international spread of the virus and will place a heavy burden on livelihoods”.
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