WHO urges China to share more COVID info amid viral surge, transparency concerns
situation in the country amid concerns from a number of countries about a lack of transparency from Beijing.
The United States announced new rules Thursday requiring travellers from China, Hong Kong and Macau to take a COVID-19 test no more than two days before travel and provide a negative test before boarding their flight. The testing applies to anyone two years of age and older, including U.S. citizens. The U.S. said it was imposing its measures due to the surge in infections and what it said was a lack of information, including genomic sequencing of the virus strains in China. Authorities in Taiwan and Japan have expressed similar concerns.
The strain of the virus currently circulating in China — known as BF.7 — was estimated to only make up about five to eight per cent of positive cases in Canada as of Dec. 17, Johnson said.“Its estimated growth rate has slowed to less than three per cent per day over other BA.5 sub-lineages,” he said.
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