ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday urged the WHO to “play its role” in engaging member states to remove coronavirus-related travel restrictions for Pakistan.
During a video call with World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom, Khan said the travel restrictions imposed by developed countries in the wake of COVID-19 can further exacerbate economic difficulties of developing nations struggling to mitigate the adverse economic impact of the pandemic, the prime minister’s office said in a statement.
Khan urged the global health agency to “play its role in engaging member states to remove COVID-19 related travel restrictions for Pakistan and other developing countries and to work towards a data driven system of non-discriminatory travel rules”. According to the statement, Adhanom said the WHO was working on coronavirus-related travel guidelines to help the international community.
—PTI
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