Allow freedom to travel for tested, vaccinated persons: IATA

Global airlines association IATA has urged governments to make datadriven decisions to give freedom to travel for those tested and vaccinatedIt has called upon governments to manage the risks of Covid19 when reopening borders to international travelAccording to IATA strategies without quarantine measures can enable international travel to restart with a low risk of introduction of Covid19 to the travel destinationData can and should drive policies on restarting global travel that manage Covid19 risks to protect populations revive livelihoods and boost economies its Director General Willie Walsh saidWe 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 businessesAlso Read Covid19 Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till June 30 says DGCAAs per IATA the challenge is the potential of barriers to travel for unvaccinated people which would create an unacceptable exclusionData from the UK NHS regarding international travellers arriving in the UK with no reference to vaccination status shows that the vast majority of travellers pose no risk for the introduction of Covid19 cases after arrivalFurthermore IATA teamed up with Airbus and Boeing to demonstrate potential methodologies to manage the risks of Covid19 to keep populations safe while restarting global connectivityBoth Airbus and Boeing have developed datadriven riskmanagement models to understand the impact of various optionsIn the Airbus model more than 50 variables were considered focusing on risks across the whole journeyThe Airbus model designed to support government stakeholders to reopen air travel demonstrates that the risk of virus transmission and translocation can be significantly reduced by adopting datadriven screening and protection measuresBesides Boeing modelled the efficacy of testing strategiesBoeing modelling and analysis shows screening protocols offer an alternative to mandatory quarantines for many travel scenariosThe model evaluates the effectiveness of passenger screenings and quarantines in countries around the world It accounts for various factors including Covid19 prevalence rates between origin and destination countries the efficacy of PCR and rapid antigen tests and the disease timeline how the disease progresses for passengers traveling with Covid19 the IATA saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever