According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), strategies without quarantine measures can enable international travel to restart with a low risk of COVID-19 spread. IATA has called for the government to use data-driven strategies for reopening, and according to the association, this date should “drive policies on restarting global travel that manage COVID-19 risks to protect populations, revive livelihoods and boost economies.” Willie Walsh, IATA director general said “We call on the G7 governments meeting later this month to agree on the use of data to safely plan and coordinate the return of the freedom to travel which is so important to people, livelihoods and businesses.” IATA pointed to studies from the Robert Koch Institute, European Centre for Disease Control & Prevention and US Centres for Disease Control & Prevention to support its claims that vaccinations would protect travellers from serious illness and death, and carries a low risk of virus transmission to destination countries.
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