According to the British press, the United Kingdom has, in turn, decided to introduce the obligation to present a negative Covid screening test to passengers coming from or returning from China, due to the new explosion of the virus in this country.
On to the British. After Japan, Taiwan, Italy, the United States, but also France, the United Kingdom is also preparing to impose on visitors coming from or returning from China the presentation of a Covid screening test. , according to the BBC this Friday. Access to British soil will then of course be conditional on the negative result of the test.
It is for the British authorities to react to the new outbreak of the virus in China since the abandonment by the regime of its “zero Covid” policy, against a backdrop of popular protest.
Europeans in disarray
Europeans are facing the health threat in a dispersed order. While on Thursday, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control deemed the imposition of mandatory screening for passengers coming from China “unjustified”, many countries are still taking the plunge.
The French government thus announced on Friday that a negative test will now be required of these travelers, like Italy previously. Spain has also taken its measures.
