The World Health Organization (WHO) is advising travellers aged over 60 to “postpone” travel to areas where there is community transmission of the new Omicron variant if they are not fully vaccinated or "vulnerable".
The global health body has just issued new advice about international travel following last week’s discovery of the “variant of concern” in South Africa and its subsequent spread around the world.
The WHO said travel plans should be postponed for people who have not been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and were at “increased risk of developing severe disease and dying”, including the over-60s.
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