Although Omicron has been labeled a " variant of concern" by the WHO, it said blanket travel bans will only place a heavy burden on lives and livelihoods, while also " disincentivizing countries to report and share epidemiological and sequencing data."

世卫组织表示，虽然他们将奥密克戎毒株列为“需要关注”的变异毒株，但全面旅行禁令只会给人民生活和生计造成沉重负担，“抑制各国报告和分享新冠流行病学和测序数据的积极性”。