WHO & IATA: Lona 3 Galu o le COVID e sosolo vave, ma atili ai ona lavea Aferika

IATA introduced its IATA Travel Pass and feels the wide implementation of this pass would tremendously help to relaunch the crippled aviation industry in Africa.

le International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East (AME), Kamil Al-Awadhi, took up his position today at the WHO press conference saying, 60 large international airlines, are in the final phase to implement the IATA travel pass. He thought this pass would tremendously help to relaunch aviation also in Africa. When eTurboNews asked about details and a timeline, he did not respond. Air France today announced it was testing the pass.

A third wave of COVID-19 in a continent that only has 215 million people or less than 10% of the population vaccinated is more than worrying some according to Dr.Moeti WHO, Dr. Mary Stephen, ma Dr. Nicksy Gumede-Moeletsi.

700 million doses of the vaccine are urgently needed in Africa .

Alain St. Ange, president of the Komiti o Turisi a Aferika (ATB) added:
“Africa was unprepared for such a pandemic that crippled its tourism industry. Many of the 54 States that make up the continent were cash strapped and could not fight for their fair share of the needed vaccines. Africa was lucky to be resilient and many of its leaders and professionals rallied to offer hope to the continent through the Project Hope of its African Tourism Board. The key is to bring African Tourism together to face the crisis as one.”

le World Tourism Network chairman Juergen Steinmetz applauds IATA’s approach of introducing the IATA pass as an internationally recognized tool to streamline aviation in times of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. “The IATA pass will eliminate confusion, complex and different rules, and make the travel experience more clear in the eyes of the traveling public, the global aviation industry, as well as the public sector.

The World Health Organization and IATA conducted a press conference this morning to address the African situation for COVID and Aviation.

Speaking at the event was Dr. Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti a physician, public health specialist, and medical administrator from Botswana who has been serving as Regional Director of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, headquartered in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, since 2015.

Also presenting at the press conference was Dr. Mary Stephen, a public health expert at the World Health Organization, and Dr. Gumede Moeletsi.

Aferika o loʻo feagai ma se saoasaoa vave o le galu lona tolu o le COVID-19 faʻamaʻi, ma mataupu sosolo vave sosolo ma fuafuaina e le o toe mamao atu le tumutumu o le lona lua galu na molimauina le konetineta i le amataga o le 2021.
 

O mataupu COVID-19 na siisii ​​i luga mo le lima vaiaso sosoʻo talu mai le amataga o le galu lona tolu i le aso 3 Me 2021. E oʻo mai i le aso 20 o Iuni-aso 48 i le galu fou-Sa faamauina e Aferika le tusa ma le 474 000 mataupu fou-o se siʻitaga 21% faʻatusatusa i le muamua 48 aso o le lona lua galu. I le tulaga o loʻo iai nei faʻamaʻi, o le faʻagasologa o le galuʻe ua faʻatulagaina e sili atu nai lo le muamua i le amataga o Iulai.

The pandemic is resurging in 12 African countries. A combination of factors including weak observance of public health measures increased social interaction, and movement as well as the spread of variants are powering the new surge. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda that are experiencing COVID-19 resurgence, the Delta variant has been detected in most samples sequenced in the past month. Across Africa, the variant—first identified in India—has been reported in 14 countries. 

"O le lona tolu galu o loʻo pikiina le saoasaoa, salalau saoasaoa, taia malosi. Ona o le televave o le siʻitia o numera o mataupu ma faʻateleina lipoti o gasegase ogaoga, o le lologa fou ua taufaamatau e avea ma sili ona leaga Aferika, "o le tala lea a Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director mo Aferika. “E mafai lava e Aferika ona tuʻuaʻia aʻafiaga o nei siama ua televave, ae o le faamalama o avanoa ua tapunia. E mafai e tagata uma i soʻo se mea ona fai le latou mea i le faia o puipuiga e puipuia ai le feʻaveaʻi.

O loʻo faʻasalalauina nei e le WHO le toʻatele o tagata atamamai i nisi o atunuʻu ua sili ona afaina, e aofia ai Uganda ma Zambia faʻapea foi ma le lagolagoina o falefaigaluega faʻaitumalo a Aferika i Saute e mataʻitu ituaiga eseese o atugaluga. O loʻo faʻamalosia foi e le WHO le lagolagoina o tekonolosi fou i isi fale suesue i le itulagi e aunoa ma le faʻasologa o malosiaga e sili atu ai ona mataʻituina le atinaʻeina o le siama. I le ono masina o lumanaʻi, o loʻo faʻamoemoe le WHO mo se siʻitaga valu i le sefulu taimi o faʻasologa faʻasolosolo i masina taʻitasi i atunuʻu o Aferika i Saute.

O le faʻatupulaia o le COVID-19 e sau a o faʻaauau pea le vailaʻau o tui. Sefuluvalu atunuu Aferika ua faʻaaogaina le 80% o latou vailaʻau tui COVAX, ma le valu ua lelava a latou faʻasoa. E luasefuluiva malo ua faʻatautaia le silia ma le 50% o latou sapalai. E ui i le alualu i luma, na o le 1% o le faitau aofai o tagata Aferika ua maeʻa tui. I le lalolagi atoa, tusa o le 2.7 piliona tui na faʻatautaia, o lea e i lalo ifo o le 1.5% na faʻatautaia i le konetineta.

E pei o le tele o tupe maua atunuʻu tui se vaega taua o latou faitau aofai o tagata, faʻamaonia o tui puipuia e tau atu ai i le laʻititi o gaioiga tapu. I le lalolagi atoa, e 16 atunuu o loʻo lafoa le quarantine mo i latou e iai le tusi faʻamaonia o tui. O auala e puipuia ai le faʻatonuina o le COVID-19 e taua tele, ae o le tele o atunuʻu o Aferika e faʻatapulaʻa ona oʻo atu i tui, e taua ai, o tui se tasi na o tuutuuga e faʻaaoga e atunuʻu e tatala ai tuaoi ma faʻateleina le saʻolotoga e feoaʻi ai.

“I le maualuga o fua o tui, ua amata ai ona avea ma taumafanafana o le saolotoga, aiga ma mea malie mo le fia miliona o tagata i atunuu mauoa. E malamalama lenei mea ma e matou te moomoo uma i le fiafia e tasi, ”o le tala lea a Dr Moeti. “O le utiuti o tui ua leva ona faʻafualoaina ai le tiga o le COVID-19 i Aferika. Aua neʻi o tatou faʻaopoopoina se manuʻa i le le tonu. Aferika e le tatau ona feagai ma sili atu tapulaʻa aua latou te le mafai ona ulufale i tui e naʻo avanoa i isi nofoaga. Ou te faʻamalosiʻau i ofisa uma o faʻatonutonu ma faʻatonutonu a le atunuʻu, ina ia amanaʻia uma tui puipui o Faʻalavelave Faʻafuaseʻi ua tusia e le WHO.

I le Iuni a Europa, o le COVID-19 tusifolau faiga mo tui, suʻega ma le toe faʻaleleia o le a amata faamamaluina mai le 1 Iulai. Peitaʻi, naʻo le fa mai le valu tui puipui na lisiina e le WHO mo faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi o loʻo aloaʻia e le European Medicines Agency mo le tusifolau.

WHO and the European Medicines Agency use the same standards in assessing vaccines. Manufacturers may choose not to apply to the European Medicines Agency if they do not intend to market their products in countries in the European Union or European Economic Area. But the safety and efficacy of all WHO emergency use listed vaccines have been proven globally in preventing severe COVID-19 illness and death.

In Africa, a WHO survey of 45 countries shows that their borders are open for air travel and only Mauritius will require proof of vaccination for international travelers from 15 July 2021. Most countries do not give quarantine exemptions for travelers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and require a negative COVID-19 test.