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What’s bugging travellers now?

There is no virus-free utopia as humans increasingly collide with nature and animals

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    • The humble mask is often stigmatised, but it has played a fundamental role in curbing transmissions of various kinds.
    • The humble mask is often stigmatised, but it has played a fundamental role in curbing transmissions of various kinds. PHOTO: REUTERS

    Vijay Verghese

    Published Sat, Jul 29, 2023 · 05:00 AM

    COVID schmovid, it would appear. Travellers insouciantly scamper from board meetings to trade shows to weddings to partying the nights away. Cities are stirring and travel bustle returning.

    Yet while Covid-19 rates have dropped to insignificant levels – largely due to vaccinations and non-reporting as nerves ease – the viral mayhem is not in the rear-view mirror as yet. It may never be.

    It is easy to forget that the pre-pandemic years were not some bug-free utopia. The world continues to battle various strains of flu. Asia remains alert to the dangers of wily saboteurs such as malaria, chikungunya, dengue fever, hepatitis, tuberculosis, typhoid, cholera, bird flu and Japanese encephalitis.

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