ICS, ITF warn Omicron puts supply chain at risk

By Yashika F. Torib

Dec 22, 2021 12:04 am

International transport organizations and unions representing road, air, and sea transport warned that world leaders' 'knee-jerk' reactions to the Omicron variant put transport workers and the global supply chain at greater risk of collapse.

One week since the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the new Omicron strain of Covid-19 as a 'variant of concern', at least 56 countries have reimposed varying degrees of travel restrictions.

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