WHO urges travelers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads - Printable Version
+- SG Talk (https://sgtalk.net)
+-- Forum: SG Talk (https://sgtalk.net/Forum-SG-Talk)
+--- Forum: Market Talk (https://sgtalk.net/Forum-Market-Talk)
+--- Thread: WHO urges travelers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads (/Thread-WHO-urges-travelers-to-wear-masks-as-new-COVID-variant-spreads)
+- SG Talk (https://sgtalk.net)
+-- Forum: SG Talk (https://sgtalk.net/Forum-SG-Talk)
+--- Forum: Market Talk (https://sgtalk.net/Forum-Market-Talk)
+--- Thread: WHO urges travelers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads (/Thread-WHO-urges-travelers-to-wear-masks-as-new-COVID-variant-spreads)
WHO urges travelers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads - Scythian - 12-01-2023
WHO urges travelers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads.
Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in the United States, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday.
In Europe, the XBB.1.5 subvariant was detected in small but growing numbers, WHO and Europe officials said at a news briefing.
Passengers should be advised to wear masks in high-risk settings such as long-haul flights, said the WHO’s senior emergency officer for Europe, Catherine Smallwood.