Bloc recommends negative coronavirus tests from all arrivals despite warnings from Beijing of retaliation
The European Union wants all travellers from China to take pre-departure Covid tests, in response to surging levels of the virus after Beijing hastilyEU officials meeting on Wednesday in the “integrated political crisis response” format said there should be a requirement for a negative Covid test from all travellers from“The member states are strongly encouraged to introduce, from all passengers departing from China to member states, the requirement for a negative Covid-19 test taken not more...
Stella Kyriakides, the European commissioner for health, said experts meeting in the EU’s health security committee on Tuesday had “converged on action” including pre-departure testing, intensified monitoring of plane wastewater and increased surveillance of Covid-19 in the EU. “Unity remains our strongest tool against Covid,” she wrote on Twitter.
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