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Travel restrictions and variants of concern : global health laws need to reflect evidence

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Mason Meier, Benjamin, Bueno de Mesquita, Judith, Burci, Gian Luca, Chirwa, Danwood, Dagron, Stéphanie, Eccleston-Turner, Mark, Forman, Lisa, Gostin, Lawrence, Habibi, Roojin, Negri, Stefania, Phelan, Alexandra, Sekalala, Sharifah, Taylor, Allyn, Villarreal, Pedro, Ely Yamin, Alicia and Hoffman, Steven (2022) Travel restrictions and variants of concern : global health laws need to reflect evidence. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 100 (03). 178-178A. doi:10.2471/BLT.21.287735

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Abstract

As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread in the early days of the pandemic, governments neglected World Health Organization (WHO) guidance and imposed travel restrictions. These public health measures employed varied levels of restrictiveness at national borders, in some cases banning all travel between countries. Where these border control measures were undertaken for domestic political reasons, enacted without consideration of public health evidence, they divided the world when solidarity was needed most.1 Such measures undermined global health law that countries have established as a foundation for preventing and responding to public health emergencies of international concern.

With the emergence of the Omicron variant, national governments once again returned to international travel restrictions, posing challenges for the rule of law in global health governance. Future reforms of global health law must account for this continuing impulse to enact travel restrictions, ensuring that international legal obligations reflect evolving public health evidence.

Item Type: Journal Item
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 -- Influence , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects, COVID-19 (Disease) -- Health aspects, Travel restrictions, World health -- Law and legislation
Journal or Publication Title: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organisation
ISSN: 0042-9686
Official Date: 1 March 2022
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1 March 2022Published
Volume: 100
Number: 03
Page Range: 178-178A
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.21.287735
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
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