Europe may seem ready to move on from Covid after two years of being stuck in a loop of restrictions, but the World Health Organization (WHO) does not agree it is time to start treating the virus as a mild disease – just yet. Instead of supporting the reopening trend, the world’s top health officials …
The detection of several new monkeypox clusters in Europe and North America, continents where the disease is not widespread, have prompted fears of new restrictions right when the world was finally recovering from Covid. Now, international travelers have all the more reason to worry, as new PCR tests for monkeypox have just been rolled out. …
Voicing his concern that some countries in Europe may be rushing towards a full reopening ‘too brutally’, irrespective of epidemiological risks, a leading World Health Organization (WHO) has urged more caution ahead of the busy summer months. As the high season approaches, a high influx of tourists is expected, amid a threatening new wave. Recently, …
The United States revealed last Friday that it would be accepting each of the vaccines that are approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) when international travelers begin to enter the country in the coming weeks. The decision brings some much-needed clarity to the situation, as travelers were kept in the dark for weeks as …
As the conceptualization of vaccine passports gains global prominence, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised against the notion of requiring proof of vaccination to travel. Vaccine passports are commonly revered as the ticket to restart travel and national economies through the verification of vaccination status. International governments are adopting the method in a bid …
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) has called for a vaccine passport to be developed, labeling the concept essential in order for global tourism to restart. The declaration by the WTO followed a meeting of the Global Tourism Crisis Committee in Madrid last week, who met to discuss which measures could be taken in order to …