From the US to Italy, Japan, Taiwan and India: here's how countries are responding to China lifting Covid restrictions just as cases increase. Moneyweb Covid
China may be reopening, allowing its 1.4 billion people to come and go largely without restrictions, but just as it is, a slew of other countries are tightening measures for travellers from the world’s second-biggest economy, concerned the tsunami of virus cases there may spawn new Covid variants. In a complete and surprising reversal of its Covid Zero policy, China did away with almost all pandemic restrictions virtually overnight.
Read: US to Require Negative Covid Tests for Travelers From China Italy Italy has introduced a mandatory rapid Covid-19 test for all passengers entering the country from China, according to a health ministry statement. The new measure also applies to passengers in transit. The first European nation to be hit hard by Covid in early 2020, Italy is also urging other countries in the region to adopt a collective testing agreement, given they’re part of the open-border Schengen Area.
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