Scope of international traffic restrictions in the containment of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: World Health Organization

Scope of international traffic restrictions in the containment of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: World Health Organization

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava

The Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and its overall risk of transmission at global level has also been increased to very high based on the recent trends of the disease. It is the need of the hour to strengthen international traffic regulations, if we really want to limit the onward spread of the infection to other nations. The recent recommendations released by the World Health Organization does not support travel or trade restrictions in nations which are reporting cases. Acknowledging all these facts and understanding about the disease as it continues to evolve, the best approach for the containment of the infection is to increase the awareness level of travellers about the preventive measures and to obtain the health declaration from travellers at the time of arrival. In conclusion, for the containment of COVID-19 outbreak and for minimizing the risk of further transmission, strengthening of the international traffic regulations will play a critical role.

2020

World Health Organization;, covid-19 pandemic, international traffic

10.4103/jss.JSS_52_20

Biotemas

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Medicine