The global aviation industry’s trade body hits out at “science politics”, while the WHO wants more transparency from China, which is reporting hardly any deaths.
, the US, Canada and the UK for wanting negative COVID-19 tests from arriving Chinese travellers, slamming the policy as “knee-jerk”.
“We have the tools to manage COVID-19 without resorting to ineffective measures that cut off international connectivity, damage economies and destroy jobs.” “At most, restrictions delayed that peak by a few days. If a new variant emerges in any part of the world, the same situation would be expected.”
The EU is also considering tests on wastewater from planes originating in China, to identify any new variants potentially emerging from the massive Chinese outbreak.
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