An EU offer of help, including vaccine donations, was also as good as slapped down, with Beijing insisting the situation was ‘under control’ and medical provisions ‘in adequate supply’.
with Beijing vehemently rejecting travel restrictions some EU nations have started to impose that could be expanded in coming days.
“We are firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the COVID measures for political purposes and will take countermeasures based on the principle of reciprocity,” Ms Mao said. Fearful of being caught unawares like at the outset of the global pandemic in early 2020, the EU Integrated Political Crisis Response group is now set on Wednesday to decide whether to impose EU-wide entry requirements from China.
Over the past week, EU nations reacted in a chaotic cascade of national measures to the crisis in China, disregarding an earlier commitment to act in unity before anything else.Italy was the first EU member in requiring coronavirus tests for airline passengers coming from China, but several others have said such measures might not be the best option to protect local populations since new variants now coming from China have already been around in Europe, often for many months.
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