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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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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.21.287735
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 | ||||
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| 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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| 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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