Aviation and travel industry groups are calling on the World Health Organization (WHO), a United Nations agency, to back the idea that it is safe for those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. fly without quarantine.
On January 27, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that WHO’s support of this principle is vital to the development and acceptance of its Travel Pass digital application for smartphones, the purpose of which is to help people resume their travels as soon as epidemiological conditions permit.
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“We can say what we want, what we do need is for the WHO to come out and say the same thing, so that it becomes a universal acceptance that once you are vaccinated you should not have to go through any of these hoops,” Vice President IATA’s senior passenger affairs officer, Nick Careen, said at a briefing.
Another crucial component of the IATA Travel Pass application is the adoption of shared global standards for vaccine certificates, an action that needs to happen much faster than current efforts are underway.
“We have been suggesting this for months,” he said. “WHO needs a fire underneath to do this sooner rather than later. Even then, there is no guarantee that all governments will adopt the standard immediately. “
The Travel Pass app is essentially ready to go and is scheduled to launch in March. Paper certificates are more susceptible to fraud than digital documentation, and there have already been several known cases of false vaccination credentials.
The WHO Emergency Committee on COVID-19 stated on January 15 that it is still unknown whether immunization also prevents the inoculated person from transmitting the virus to other people, according to Bloomberg. The agency does not recommend that countries require proof of vaccination from arriving travelers, but should instead rely on coordinated and evidence-based measures to ensure safe travel.
Since the early days of the pandemic, the travel industry and airlines have pleaded with governments and global institutions to work together to develop common standards that facilitate cross-border travel. Throughout the crisis, nations have made many abrupt changes to their travel policy, which, coupled with inconsistent protocols from one country to another, has deterred most people from traveling, which has left many companies with bleak prospects.
Careen said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recognized that those who are fully vaccinated should be able to travel freely; and that those who have already recovered from COVID-19 should be exempted from quarantine and testing requirements, based on the premise that it made them immune to reinfection and unable to transmit the virus.
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