The United States, South Korea, India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan are imposing COVID-19 tests for travellers from China as cases surge.
| Chinese state media say COVID testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were “discriminatory”, in the clearest pushback yet against restrictions that are slowing down its reopening.
China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine from January 8. But it will still demand a negative PCR test result within 48 hours before departure.Italy on Thursday urged the rest of the European Union to follow its lead, but France, Germany and Portugal have said they saw no need for new travel restrictions, while Austria has stressed the economic benefits of Chinese tourists’ return to Europe.
China’s official death toll of 5247 since the pandemic began compares with more than 1 million deaths in the United States. Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, a city of 7.4 million, has reported more than 11,000 deaths.UK-based health data firm Airfinity said on Thursday about 9000 people in China are probably dying each day from COVID-19. Cumulative deaths in China since December 1 had likely reached 100,000, with infections totalling 18.6 million, it said.
China has said it only counts deaths of COVID-19 patients caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure as COVID-related.The relatively low death count is also inconsistent with the surging demand reported by funeral parlours in several Chinese cities.
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