United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the COVID-19 pandemic is not the last for humanity. It is already necessary to prepare for the next pandemic, the Secretary General tweeted.

COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic that humanity will face, he said.

At the same time, Guterres called punitive and ineffective travel bans for residents of certain countries and regions in the context of the recently identified Omicron COVID-19 strain.