LONDON (Reuters) – Given the rapid spread of the most recent offshoot of the Omicron variant – XBB.1.5 – in america, WHO Regional Office for Europe officials on Tuesday really useful travel measures be implemented in a “non-discriminatory” manner.
That will not be to say that “we recommend testing of patient of passengers coming from the U.S. at this stage. Countries need to take a look at the evidence base for pre-departure testing”, WHO’s senior emergency officer for Europe, Catherine Smallwood, told a news briefing.
Passengers must be really useful to wear masks in high-risk settings reminiscent of long-haul flights, she added, “this must be a suggestion issued to passengers arriving from anywhere where there may be widespread COVID-19 transmission”.
(Reporting by Natalie Grover in London; Editing by Alison Williams)
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