TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS Some 56 countries were reportedly implementing travel measures to guard against Omicron as of Nov.
28, the WHO said. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed what he called "travel apartheid." "Blanket travel bans will not prevent the international spread and they place a heavy burden on lives and livelihoods," the WHO said, while advising those who were unwell, at risk, or 60 years and over and unvaccinated to postpone travel.
The United States has barred nearly all foreigners who have been in one of eight southern African countries. -With agency inputs Never miss a story!