more nations implement Traveler inspections in China amid Covid rise
More than a dozen nations have placed limitations on Chinese travellers as worry about the country's rise in Covid-19 cases escalates; Australia is the most recent to require a negative test before travel.
Three years after the coronavirus first appeared in the city of Wuhan, Beijing quickly started to dismantle its "zero-Covid" containment policy of lockdowns and widespread testing.
The travel restriction, which will go into force on January 5, was justified by Beijing's "lack of full information" concerning Covid instances, according to Australia's health minister on Sunday. According to him, the action will "protect Australia from the risk of potential new developing varieties."
In recent times, China-bound travellers have also been subject to testing upon arrival or a negative Covid test requirement in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
The flurry of international travel restrictions started as nations prepared for an increase in Chinese tourists after Beijing announced the end of the required quarantine for incoming travellers on January 8.
Given the paucity of outbreak information, the World Health Organization has deemed the cautious measures "understandable."
However, the International Airports Council's European division, which represents more than 500 airports across 55 European nations, claimed that the limits were neither necessary nor risk-based.
The matter will be discussed by European nations at a meeting scheduled for the following week. Sweden, which will soon hold the EU presidency, stated that it was "seeking a uniform approach for the entire EU when it comes to the adoption of probable entry restrictions."
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