![]() ![]() Sweden’s Public Health Agency said on Tuesday that it had urged the government to require travelers from China to present a recent negative COVID-19 test. “The policy for arrivals from China is primarily about collecting information that the Chinese government is not sharing with the international community,” Harper told the LBC radio station on Tuesday. Health officials will test a sample of passengers when they arrive in the U.K., but no quarantine is required for those who test positive, he said. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the requirement is for “collecting information” because Beijing isn’t sharing coronavirus data. The UK will require that passengers from China take a COVID test before boarding the plane from Thursday. “We are in our role, my government is in its role, protecting the French,” Borne said Tuesday on France-Info radio. Starting Wednesday, anyone flying from China to France will have to present a negative virus test taken within the previous 48 hours and be subject to random testing on arrival. “This is something that all of us, (and) other countries are doing to make sure that we are protecting our citizens here,” Jean-Pierre said.įrench Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne defended the tests. She added that restrictions were “based on public health and science.” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said “there’s no cause for retaliation” by Beijing for countries “taking prudent health measures to protect their citizens” with COVID-related restrictions on travelers coming from China. It is about to drop a mandatory five-day quarantine for all arrivals but will still require a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of the flight. Other countries including the US, India, Japan, South Korea and several European nations have announced tougher COVID-19 measures on travelers from China amid concerns over a lack of data on infections in China and fears that new variants may emerge.Ĭhina has had some of the toughest entry requirements for people arriving from abroad. Australia and Canada this week joined a growing list of countries requiring travelers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to boarding their flight, as China battles a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that were in place for much of the pandemic. The comments were China’s sharpest to date on the issue. Mao did not specify what steps China might take. “We are firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the COVID measures for political purposes and will take countermeasures based on the principle of reciprocity,” she said. “We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing on Tuesday (January 3). Visitors wearing face masks tour a pedestrian shopping street at Qianmen walking street in Beijing.ĬOVID-19 China news: The Chinese government sharply criticized COVID-19 pandemic testing requirements imposed on visitors from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved, which include the United States and several European nations.
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