Leisure travel during Covid-19

For my case, I will defer leisure travel for as long as Covid-19 coronavirus is circulating in the world. Even when country borders are opening up progressively, I deem it unsafe to travel as yet. It is unsafe because of the risk of catching the virus.

With Omicron Covid-19 variant, fully vaccinated individuals were still infected with the latest strain based on few reports surfacing in the news.

Furthermore, “the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Tuesday that those at risk of developing severe Covid-19 symptoms, including those over the age of 60, postpone travel over concerns that the Omicron variant could be more infectious.”

My wife and I are over 60 and fully vaccinated, we are the ones WHO is targeting its advice.

Besides the risk of being infected while overseas, the hassle of tests for Covid-19 put us off travelling for a long while. As things are so fluid, borders may be shut suddenly without prior notice. It does not make sense to get stuck in another country trying to get home.

Travelling has gotten expensive with travel insurance cost and all the requisite PCR or ART tests.

We are therefore keeping safe by staying put in our country. Medical care is just near us and fully paid for by the government when we are infected with Covid-19.