News / UN groups in crisis mode over key workers as Covid border restrictions return

As some countries move to reintroduce border restrictions for transport workers – a repeat of last year’s measures which contributed to the supply chain crisis – the World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) are forming an emergency Action Group to protect the free movement of transport workers.

After designation of Omicron as a ‘variant of concern’ by the WHO, 56 nations have responded by tightening their entry restrictions – despite agreements made in September to guarantee the free ...