The global aviation industry’s trade body slams government’s ‘science politics’, while the World Health Organisation says China needs to come clean.
that are demanding negative COVID-19 tests for travellers from China, 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.” “Research undertaken around the arrival of the Omicron variant concluded that putting barriers in the way of travel made no difference to the peak spread of infections,” Mr Walsh said.
Many countries’ airlines, including Qantas, are yet to step up flights to and from China following the end of the zero-COVID policy - and the new restrictions will only compound that reluctance.
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