PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) – International airline physique IATA stepped up its stress on governments to ease journey restrictions on Wednesday, pointing to UK testing information that confirmed low incidence of COVID-19 in arriving passengers.
“These information inform us we are able to do higher,” IATA Director Normal Willie Walsh stated, citing a 2.2% optimistic fee amongst 365,895 exams carried out in February-Might, in response to Britain’s Nationwide Well being Service.
“Common restrictions on individuals are not wanted,” Walsh added.
Excluding passengers arriving from nations on Britain’s higher-risk pink checklist, the optimistic fee fell to 1.46%, in response to the information cited by the Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation.
(Reporting by Laurence Frost; Modifying by Jan Harvey)
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