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By: Shree1news, 02 DEC 2021
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday spoke towards blanket travel ban on affected nations amid Omicron, and stated screening passengers, and mandatory quarantine of international travellers, can help in checking the Covid-19 variation from spreading.
The Omicron Covid-19 variant, which became observed in southern Africa closing month, has now unfold to as many as 23 nations, the director-general of world health organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
speaking at a press conference, Ghebreyesus stated the nations hail from five or six WHO regions, and that the number is only expected to climb up. “WHO takes this development extremely seriously, and so should every country,” he added.
The WHO chief stated that the discovery of the Omicron Covid-19 variant need to not “surprise us” given that that is what viruses do and coronavirus may also do “as long as we allow it to continue spreading.”
Ghebreyesus talked about that screening passengers before travelling and/or upon arrival at the airport, and mandatory quarantine of international travellers are some ways to check the spread of the Omicron variant in place of blanket travel bans.
His statements come after South Africa health minister Joe Phaahla recently called the travel bans on flights coming from the country via different nations as “unjustified” and “counterproductive”.
Three countries – South Korea, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia – reported cases of Omicron Covid-19 variant on Wednesday.
Here’s a list of all countries that have so far reported Omicron cases:
1. Botswana – 19 cases
2. South Africa – 77 cases
3. Nigeria – Three cases
4. United Kingdom – 22 cases
5. South Korea – Five cases
6. Australia – Seven cases
7. Austria – One case
8. Belgium – One case
9. Brazil – Three cases
10. Czech Republic – One case
11. France – One case
12. Germany – Nine cases
13. Hong Kong – Four cases
14. Israel – Four cases
15. Italy – Nine cases
16. Japan – Two cases
17. Netherlands – 16 cases
18. Norway – Two cases
19. Spain – Two cases
20. Portugal – 13 cases
21. Sweden – Three cases
22. Canada – Six cases
23. Denmark – Four cases
Source:HT
