WASHINGTON - The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to end mandatory Covid-19 tests for travellers from China on Friday (March 3), joining other countries in dropping the requirements, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. Last week, Japan dropped a requirement that everyone take a test for the virus upon arrival from China. The...
WASHINGTON - The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is set to end mandatory Covid-19 tests for travellers from China on Friday , joining other countries in dropping the requirements, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters.
The source told Reuters that the US would continue to monitor cases in China and around the world. The US decision was reported earlier by the Washington Post.In early January, the US joined India, Canada, Italy, Japan and other countries in taking new measures after Beijing’s decision to lift its strict zero-Covid policies.
China was battered with a surge in Covid-19 cases after it abruptly abandoned its zero-Covid policy in early December, unleashing the virus on its 1.4 billion population.In February, China’s top leaders declared a “major victory” over Covid, claiming the world’s lowest fatality rate, although experts have questioned that data.
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