The World Health Organisation has said it supports plans to introduce mask rules on long-haul flights going forward as the number of winter illnesses continues to spike.
Officials say that countries should consider the recommendation as a way to curb the spread of the latest Covid variant which has been detected in several countries already.
XBB.1.5, better known as Kraken, is a subvariant currently on the rise in Europe as WHO officials confirmed they are monitoring its growth.
