Australian doctors call for more Covid data as UK and France join list of counties testing China travellers
Australia is standing firm on not testing travellers from China for Covid, despite the UK and France joining the countries imposing such restrictions.Australia is standing firm on not testing travellers from China for Covid, despite the UK and France joining the countries imposing such restrictions.First published on Sat 31 Dec 2022 07.20 GMTChina
The Australian Medical Association president, Steve Robson, backed the position on Saturday, saying there was not enough data yet to show that testing every passenger would be beneficial.“I think we’re in a situation where Australians are looking to understand the federal government’s decision-making around arrivals from China,” Robson said.
“There are major surveillance gaps issues, and China has to absolutely step up in telling us what is going on in terms of numbers, rates of people infected, types of variants,” he said. “It’s causing mass confusion in countries around the world.” In Australia, medical experts were divided over whether negative tests for travellers from China should be required. Victoria’s Australian Medical Association president, Roderick McRae, causing controversy on Thursday when he said “every jet that comes into Tullamarine from China” should be treated as if it was “riddled with Covid”.
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