Other countries including Italy have taken similar steps after Beijing’s rollback of ‘zero-Covid’ policies led to surge in cases
The US has announced all travellers frommust provide a negative Covid-19 test to enter the country, joining other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections.
Italy’s decision to impose testing for all China arrivals comes almost three years after it became the first western country to be hit by the pandemic, which to date has claimed more than 180,000 lives in the country. A Downing Street spokesperson said the UK was not looking at travel restrictions on visitors from China.
Experts say the lack of data is likely to be masking the number and severity of cases, and physicians in China are reporting a massive infection and death surge. Howard Bernstein, a Beijing-based doctor, told Reuters that patients are arriving sicker and in greater numbers, and that the ICU ward where he works at the Beijing United Family hospital was full.
An Australian government spokesperson told the Guardian that while the department of health “continues to monitor the global situation, travel arrangements for Australians and visitors to the country remain unchanged”.
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