The United States Government has announced that it will ask travelers from China a negative test for Covid-19 will enter the country from January 5th.
With the new policy; Passengers whose final destination is the United States must take a test two days before departure from mainland China, Macau and Hong Kong and present the negative result before boarding.
As reported in a statement by the Government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), All passengers over the age of 2, regardless of nationality, will be subject to this new regulation.
Washington made this decision for the following reasons: Little transparency in China reporting data on viral genomic sequences, A senior US official told reporters that this could indicate different virus variants.
In addition, the concern of the US An increase in infections coinciding with the lifting of restrictive “zero covid” policies in China, caused discontent among the people.
Like other countries Italy, Japan, India and South Korea have taken similar measures for travelers from China. He said they would have to give a negative covid-19 test to cross borders.
Ads come before the holidays Lunar New Year in ChinaIn 2023, which will coincide between January 21-27, and it is usual for millions of people to travel.
United States restricted The entry of different international passenger groups after the onset of the pandemic, but it lifted the last restrictions in June of this year. So at the moment, China is the only place where there are restrictions due to covid-19 infections.