After Spain and Italy, France? The government will announce the Covid-19 health control measures for travelers from China this weekend, according to concordant sources from BFMTV.
Spain and Italy are the only countries of the 27 in the EU that have made the decision in recent days to require negative tests for passengers arriving from China. Outside the EU, the United States and Japan have taken a similar step.
Explosion of cases in China
These decisions come after the lifting of sanitary restrictions decided by the Chinese authorities, which resulted in a spectacular explosion of Covid cases in China.
“The main cause for concern is (…) the possibility that new uncontrolled variants may appear in China,” said Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said the introduction of mandatory Covid-19 screening within the European Union for travelers arriving from China would be “unjustified”.
Source: BFM TV
