WHO, a negative view of the ban on traveling, "Thanks to the South African Omicron stock, thanks to the report"

[London = Kazumasa Bando] World Health Organization (WHO, Headquarters Geneva) issued a statement on November 30, and has expanded the infection of the new Coronavirus, "Omicron Stock", and has been expanded in the world.Was encouraged to carry out carefully about the introduction.Regarding the ban on travel, he said a negative view that "it is not possible to prevent international infection and a heavy burden on people's lives."

According to the WHO and others, as of the 28th of the same month, more than 50 countries have restricted travelers from South Africa and elsewhere as a countermeasure for Omicron stocks.

The WHO pointed out that in a statement on the 30th, it should be "based on the basis" when taking restrictions on travel restrictions.Regarding measures that banned entry from a specific country uniformly, he said that "there may be negative effects on international health initiatives," he said.

The WHO Secretary -General Tedoros said on the 30th that "all countries' concerns that they want to protect the people from a completely unraveled mutant stock are well understood."He said that he was "concerned" that he was introducing travel restrictions without evidence.

"I am grateful for South Africa and other places to detect Omicron stocks quickly and report (to the WHO)."She said, "I'm deeply concerned that the country that took the right action has been penalized from other countries (such as restrictions on travel)."

South Africa's first discovered and reported Omicron stocks, who reported on South Africa, expressed a strong disappointment on the 28th that it was "not a scientific basis" for restricting travel from South Africa.I was asking for an early withdrawal.