Canada announced on Saturday that it would require a negative covid test for travelers arriving from China, as has already been required by several countries, including the United States, concerned about the outbreak of the epidemic in China.
Travelers will be required to present a negative test performed less than 48 hours before boarding China, the Canadian government said in a press release.
According to Ottawa, the measure is “a response to the outbreak of Covid-19 in the People’s Republic of China and due to the limited epidemiological and genome sequencing data available on these cases.”
The measure will enter into force on January 5 and will be re-evaluated thirty days later.
Return of evidence at the airport of several countries
The Canadian government has also indicated that it will analyze all wastewater from international flights landing in Toronto and Vancouver in order to monitor the possible appearance of new variants.
While Beijing abruptly ended its draconian “zero covid” policy, which caused an explosion of infections in the country, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, in unison with the United States or South Korea, decided this week to impose a covid test. in travelers from China.
Sweden, which has held the EU’s rotating presidency since January 1, said Europeans would meet on Wednesday to reflect on a common response.
Source: BFM TV
