Infectious disease experts believe strategy more effective in slowing virus spread than new travel restrictions, as health data firm says thousands are likely dying daily in China
Airline personnel wearing protective suits check passengers on arrival at Xiamen international airport in China’s Fujian province last week as Covid infections surge across the country.Airline personnel wearing protective suits check passengers on arrival at Xiamen international airport in China’s Fujian province last week as Covid infections surge across the country.Last modified on Fri 30 Dec 2022 03.
The US and a number of other countries have said travellers from China will require mandatory negative Covid tests. Airfinity expects China’s Covid infections to reach their first peak on 13 January with 3.7m cases a day. “In the absence of comprehensive information from China, it is understandable that countries around the world are acting in ways that they believe may protect their populations,” Tedros wrote.Airfinity expects deaths to peak on 23 January with about 25,000 a day, with cumulative deaths reaching 584,000 since December. Since 7 December, when China made its abrupt policy U-turn, authorities have officially reported just 10 Covid deaths.
The US this week also expanded its voluntary genomic sequencing program at airports, adding Seattle and Los Angeles to the program. That brings the total number of airports gathering information from positive tests to seven.
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