The European Union has split on whether to test travellers from China for COVID-19 and the UK is reviewing the matter having taken notice of the testing requirements put in place by its ally the United States.
Earlier this week Britain signalled it was not considering mandatory testing but on Friday Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it was “under review”.Millions of Chinese are believed to have contracted the virus since President Xi Jinping ended his pursuit of zero-COVID infections earlier this month after rare public protests over draconian lockdowns and testing regime.
“We keep under review all the time, obviously, health threats to the United Kingdom, wherever they may be. Passangers arriving from China are tested for COVID-19 on arrival at Milan Malpensa Airport, Italy, on Thursday.On Wednesday, the US said it would mandate a negative test taken two days before departure for passengers arriving from China, Hong Kong and Macau.
Passengers coming with an Air China flight from Guangzhou, China, leave a COVID-19 testing area set at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci international airport in Fiumicino, on Thursday.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told a news conference that Italy “expects and hopes” the EU would follow suit on testing.
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