vaccination was the best way to tackle the new variant. these restrictions are completely unjustified and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries. the prohibition of travel is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant. the only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage the economies of the effected countries and undermine their ability to respond to and recover from the pandemic. the emergence of the omicron variant should be a wake up call to the world that vaccine inequality cannot be allowed to continue. meanwhile, britain is to convene an urgent meeting of g7 health ministers on monday to discuss developments relating to the new variant.
these restrictions are completely unjustified and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries. the prohibition of travel is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant. the only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage the economies of the affected countries and undermine their ability to respond to and also to recoverfrom the pandemic. the emergence of the omicron variant should be a wake up call to the world that vaccine inequality cannot be allowed to continue. that is cyril ramaphosa. i asked dr amesh adalja,
pick up directly on cyril ramaphosa s point that the prohibition, these restrictions are not informed by science, he says. a lot afield would feel that they are, because we know that we know so little about this particular variant. i agree with the particular variant. i agree with the south particular variant. i agree with the south african - with the south african president that i do not think these bans are justified. president that i do not think these bans arejustified. even if there are important questions to answer about the new variant we know a lot about covid i9, we know how it transmits, have treatments and tests and vaccines, have a lot of different tools at our disposal now in november 2021 but we did not have early on in the pandemic so i do not think that we should be going back to these blunt tools that penalise countries like south africa, which has been really diligent and transparent in alerting the world to this new threat and also, will damage the country s ec
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