The EU has rejected Italy's push to implement COVID testing policies for all passengers arriving from China as cases continue to mount.
over the past month as Beijing walked back years-long strict COVID policies, including mass quarantining, travel restrictions and testing mandates.
As China has lifted these regulations, officials around the globe have become concerned about effects on international infection rates. A woman holds her mask as she gets swabbed during a mass COVID testing in the Chaoyang district on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing.But the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on Thursday said that it considered"screenings and travel measures on travelers from China unjustified."was already circulating across Europe and therefore did not pose a significant threat.
"Given higher population immunity in the EU/EEA , as well as the prior emergence and subsequent replacement of variants currently circulating in China by other Omicron sub-lineages in the EU/EEA, a surge in cases in China is not expected to impact the COVID-19 epidemiological situation in the EU/EEA," the ECDC reportedly said.
Passengers prepare to board a flight at the airport in north-central China's Jiangxi province on Nov. 1, 2022. The Chinese government said Tuesday, Dec. 27 it will start issuing new passports as it dismantles anti-COVID travel barriers, setting up a potential flood of millions of tourists out of China for next month's Lunar New Year holiday.
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