The moves were also agreed by non-EU members of the Schengen free travel zone – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
The countries agreed on the pre-arrival tests and post-arrival random checks on Jan. 4, ahead of China’s easing of its travel restrictions on Jan. 8, one of the last vestiges of the world’s strictest regime of COVID-19 restrictions.
The measures served only as a recommendations for EU members. Some countries, such as France and Italy, imposed mandatory COVID-19 tests and virus sequencing for passengers coming from China, although Italy loosened its controls at the end of January.
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