Vaccination, not travel restriction

The WHO officials have stressed that border control will only buy time and all countries and communities must prepare for potential surges.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to enhance healthcare capacity and continue vaccination to fight any potential or ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases driven by Omicron, the newly emerged variant. The UN body pointed out that travel restrictions could only buy time, but it is not the answer. We could not agree more.