Bias-driven travel bans are an ineffective response to variants
By Linda Weaver, travel communications specialist JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 1st February 2022-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The knee-jerk travel bans imposed late last year in response to Omicron were inconvenient for many – particularly given the holiday season. But they were also deeply destructive:
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