I-ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International) kanye ne-International Air Transport Association (IATA) banxuse oHulumeni base-Europe ukuthi basuse yonke imikhawulo yokuhamba kubantu abagonywe ngokuphelele/abaluleme ngokugcwele abaphethe Isitifiketi esisemthethweni se-COVID - njengoba belulekwa wumbuso omusha wokuhamba ngaphakathi ezweni. EU eqala ukusebenza namuhla.
Lo mbuso omusha, obekwe ngu EU Isincomo soMkhandlu esamukelwa ngomhla ka-25 Januwari, sisekelwe esimweni sezempilo sabahambi, kunesimo se-epidemiological sezwe labo noma indawo abasuka kuyo.
Ucwaningo oluzimele olwenziwa e-Finland nase-Italy lunikeza ukuqonda ekwakheni inqubomgomo yonkana yaseYurophu yokususa imikhawulo. Ucwaningo olwenziwe esidlangalaleni namuhla luqinisekisa ukufaneleka kwendlela egxile kwabahambi, lugqamisa ukungasebenzi kwemikhawulo yakamuva yokuhamba ebekwe amazwe ase-Europe ekwehliseni ubungozi empilweni yomphakathi nasemphakathini obubangelwa yi-COVID-19.
Ukuhlaziywa okusha okukhiqizwe yi-Oxera kanye ne-Edge Health kuveza ukuthi izidingo zokuhlola ngaphambi kokuhamba kungenzeka zingasebenzi ekumiseni noma nasekunciphiseni ukusabalala kwegciwane. I-Omicron okuhlukile. Ukuhlaziywa kwemikhawulo yokuhlola ebekwe yi-Italy kanye neFinland ngomhlaka-16 kuZibandlela kanye nomhla zingama-28 kuZibandlela wezi-2021 ngokulandelana kwabo kubo bonke abahambi abangenayo akwenzanga mehluko ophawulekayo ekudluliseleni I-Omicron amacala kulawo mazwe. Ngokuphambene, umthelela wale mikhawulo, futhi ikakhulukazi imikhawulo yokuhamba ngokukhululeka kwabantu, kubangele ubunzima obukhulu bezomnotho obungenasidingo - hhayi nje emikhakheni yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha kanye nabasebenzi bayo, kodwa kuwo wonke umnotho waseYurophu.
Ngokubaluleke kakhulu, umbiko ubonisa nokuthi:
- Ukugcina izimfuneko zokuhlola ngaphambi kokuhamba kwabahambi abagonyiwe/abatholakele ngeke kube nomthelela nakancane ekusakazekeni kwesikhathi esizayo kwe- I-Omicron okuhlukile e-Italy naseFinland.
- Ukubeka le mikhawulo kusenesikhathi - okungukuthi, ngalo kanye usuku I-Omicron okuhlukile kukhonjwe njengodaba yi-WHO - bekungeke kumise ukusabalala kwayo noma kukukhawulele kakhulu e-Italy naseFinland. Lokhu kuhambisana neqiniso lokuthi okuhlukile kuhamba kahle ngaphambi kwesikhathi ezihlonzwa ngaso, okuyisizathu esenza ukuthi i-WHO kanye ne-ECDC ngokuvamile babheke imikhawulo yokuhamba njengengasebenzi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The research made public today confirms the validity of the traveler-centric approach, highlighting the inefficiency of recent travel restrictions imposed by European countries in mitigating the risks to public health and society posed by COVID-19.
- This is inherent to the fact that variants circulate well ahead of the time by which they are identified, which is the reason why both the WHO and ECDC generally consider travel restrictions to be ineffective.
- The analysis of testing restrictions imposed by Italy and Finland on 16 December and 28 December 2021 respectively on all incoming travelers made no distinguishable difference to transmission of Omicron cases in those countries.
