Due to COVID-19 traveling becomes Now travel is likely to resume gradually. Travel agents and airlines are slowly reintroducing flight routes. Depending on the country, some places may open sooner than others. But still, we are concern about when it will be possible to travel safely as previously. Here are some of the things that can act as indicators to know when travel can be possible as earlier.
Nowadays air travel makes our journey easier. It also makes it easier for illness to spread globally. So, all the countries are cautious about reopening travel too soon. World Health Organization (WHO) is publishing daily situation reports where you can find the number of newly reported cases in every region. When the newly reported cases go downward, then you can expect that there is a chance to reopen the flight for a traveler.
Many countries are following daily testing updates and infection spread forecast to improve their pandemic situation and decrease the infection rate. But still, the rate of testing is low worldwide. The more we can test people, the more accurately we can calculate the actual infection rate. It will also help us to predict future spread rates efficiently. The power of proper prediction may help us to avoid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. So aggressive testing and other developed infection management can help us to consider travel policies.
However, some other measures like regular temperature checks and mandatory self-quarantines are important to reopen travel worldwide. Another preventive measure that countries consider is performing contact tracing. In this case, our smartphone app can be a good tool. It will help everyone if he or she comes into contact with an infected or at-risk person. When anyone tests positive, his or her phone will notify others who came into close contact with for the last 14 days. Thus, we can make everyone aware of their surroundings and help them to plan accordingly. Contact tracing apps also can be used to make it easy for travel providers. Because they can know their passengers’ recent social patterns.
Thus, governments, local authorities, travelers, and travel providers all need to take some necessary steps to make travel safe as earlier.