The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, Teodoro Locsin, Jr., denounced on Tuesday the “breathtaking stupidity” of travel bans imposed on African countries following the discovery of the Omicron variant of Chinese coronavirus in late November.
European countries, and then President Joe Biden, announced travel bans on citizens from South Africa, Botswana, and other nations in southern Africa after South African scientists alerted the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) that they had discovered a previously unknown variant of Chinese coronavirus.
South African President…
