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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
WHO says travel bans won’t stop spread of Omicron Needs ‘calm, coordinated and coherent’ response GENEVA: The World Health Organization has warned that blanket travel bans will not prevent the spread of Omicron, as more countries rushed to impose curbs and the first cases of the new Covid strain were detected in Latin America. In the week since the new virus strain was detected and reported by South Africa, dozens of countries around the world have responded with travel restrictions — most targeting southern African nations. But the World Health Organization said on Tuesday that “blanket” trav…