Since the lifting of restrictions and the end of the “zero-Covid” policy, China has been facing an unprecedented epidemic outbreak that worries many countries around the world.
Faced with the explosion of Covid-19 cases in China, a growing number of countries have decided to impose restrictions on travelers coming from this country, in particular the presentation of a negative test.
The European Commission convened a meeting on this subject on Thursday morning, bringing together representatives of the Ministries of Health of the Twenty-Seven. At the end of this meeting, “the Member States stressed the need to establish a common and coherent strategy at the level of the Union”, learned BFMTV from government sources.
“We are looking for measures on a European scale as part of a coordinated approach”, indicates the Élysée to BFMTV.
Measures coordinated at European level
For the moment in France, the Ministry of Health says it is following the evolution of the situation very carefully and says it is “ready to study all the useful measures”. For her part, the immunologist Brigitte Autran, president of the Committee for monitoring and anticipating health risks (Covars) believes that border controls in France are not “for the moment” necessary.
“For the sake of efficiency, France wished to act in a coordinated manner with the other EU Member States, as it has always done since the start of the health crisis”, specifies the Elysée.
While the situation in China is worrying, the government is thus studying the appropriate measures to protect the French that could be taken in this epidemic context at national and European level.
The importance of vaccination
“The meeting of the EU health security committee made it possible to take stock of the international situation”, specifies the executive with BFMTV.
However, the government wants to be reassuring: “the number of Chinese travelers to Europe remains limited and will remain so for several weeks, while the Chinese opening measures come into force and are implemented”.
The authorities also insist on the importance of vaccination, which “remains at the heart of the fight against the epidemic with respect for daily barrier gestures”.
According to our information, the Ministry of Transport asked French airlines and airports on Wednesday to set up a test verification system to be ready without delay when decisions are taken at European level.
