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Capital A's Tony Fernandes calls for sustainable approach to COVID-19 travel rules
February 8th 2022
Capital A CEO, Tony Fernandes, has called on governments to abandon travel restrictions as a means to contain the pandemic. Read More » "In the past two years, we have learned to deal with COVID-19 with masks, social distancing and vaccines. But a key lesson that has not sunk in is the futility of long-term travel restrictions," Fernandes said in a post on his Linkedin account. While travel restrictions made sense at the start of the pandemic, Fernandes said they had social and economic impacts. "The better and more sustainable approach is to promote cost-effective policies (vaccines and boosters) and deploy common sense," Fernandes said. "We should not ban things just to be seen as decisive. Measures should always aim to be proportionate and minimally disruptive." Capital A was formerly known as AirAsia Group.
