‘A heavy burden on lives’: WHO criticises travel bans over Omicron variant

“Travel restrictions may play a role in slightly reducing the spread of Covid-19 but place a heavy burden on lives and livelihoods,” WHO’s regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said in a statement on Sunday.

Since the discovery of the Omicron variant, several countries have imposed travel bans on the affected region in southern Africa