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COPENHAGEN: Progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains fragile and international travel should be avoided, the World Health Organization s Europe director warned on Thursday (May 20), but stressed that authorised vaccines do work against variants of concern. Right now, in the face of a continued threat and new uncertainty, we need to continue to exercise caution, and rethink or avoid international travel, Hans Kluge said, adding that pockets of increasing transmission on the continent could quickly spread.
Progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains “fragile” and international travel should be avoided, the World Health Organization’s Europe director warned on Thursday but stressed that authorised vaccines do work against variants of concern.
“Right now, in the face of a continued threat and new uncertainty, we need to continue to exercise caution, and rethink or avoid international travel,” Hans Kluge said, adding that “pockets of increasing transmission” on the continent could quickly spread.
The so-called Indian variant, which may be more transmissible, has now been identified in at least 26 of the 53 countries in the WHO Europe region, Kluge said during his weekly press conference.
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A flight attendant on a Bulgaria Air flight, Zurich, Switzerland, March 26. The World Health Organisation’s Europe chief says foreign travel should still be avoided. – EPA pic, May 20, 2021.
PROGRESS against the coronavirus pandemic remains “fragile” and international travel should be avoided, the World Health Organisation’s Europe director warned today, but stressed that authorised vaccines do work against variants of concern.
“Right now, in the face of a continued threat and new uncertainty, we need to continue to exercise caution, and rethink or avoid international travel,” Hans Kluge said, adding that “pockets of increasing transmission” on the continent could quickly spread.