China called the mounting international restrictions on travellers from its territory 'unacceptable' 😷 ECRNewsWatch China Covid
China called the mounting international restrictions on travellers from its territory"unacceptable" on Tuesday after more than a dozen countries placed fresh Covid curbs on visitors from the world's most populous nation.The United States, Canada, Japan and France are among the countries insisting all travellers from China provide negative Covid tests before arrival, as concerns grow over a surge in cases.
"Some countries have taken entry restrictions targeting China," foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular briefing. "This is an approach that is based solely and exclusively on science," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters in Washington."I think we're performing our duty in asking for tests," Borne told franceinfo radio.The rules imposed affect all travellers coming from China -- not just Chinese nationals -- while Beijing continues to restrict inbound visitors and not issue visas for tourists or international students.
"Now the spread of the epidemic in Shanghai is very wide, and it may have reached 70 percent of the population, which is 20 to 30 times more than ," he told Dajiangdong Studio, owned by the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily. Chen added that his Shanghai hospital was seeing 1,600 emergency admissions daily -- double the number prior to restrictions being lifted -- with 80 percent of them Covid patients.
The corridors overflowed with dozens of elderly patients lying on beds crammed together, hooked up to IV drips.
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