Geneva: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to avoid quarantine measures when re-opening their economies.
Instead, the apex body representing some 290 airlines is promoting a layered approach of measures to reduce the risk of countries importing COVID-19 via air travel and to mitigate the possibility of transmission in cases where people may travel while unknowingly being infected.
“Imposing quarantine measures on arriving travellers to keep countries in isolation and the travel and tourism sector in lockdown,” said IATA’s Director General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac.
