Covid-positive China passengers get governments

PCR test smear (Photo: EuroAirport | Greg Gonzalez).
PCR test smear (Photo: EuroAirport | Greg Gonzalez).

Covid-positive China passengers get governments

PCR test smear (Photo: EuroAirport | Greg Gonzalez).
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In the meantime, China has dropped the zero-Covid strategy that was once strictly practiced and intends to relax the entry regulations again significantly from the beginning of January 2023. There is already a veritable rush to travel to/from China. This is also a growing concern for some European governments.

There is currently a quite extensive corona wave in the People’s Republic, although this was pre-programmed in a certain way, because in the long run the regime there was no longer able to maintain the zero-Covid policy, which was characterized by numerous (regional) lockdowns . The resentment among the population grew stronger and ultimately the dictatorship did not want to risk a large-scale uprising that could even lead to a change of regime. So they said goodbye to the zero-Covid policy and accepted that the virus was now sweeping through the population.

The discarded strategy was definitely not successful, because now China's weaknesses are relentlessly exposed. The fact that the People's Republic hardly reports any more figures is a headache for many governments. Although the regime always tries to appease, there is hardly any credibility. As a result, some governments are now reluctant to allow people who have previously stayed in the People's Republic to enter the country.

For example, the United States of America has announced that from January 5, 2023, people who have previously been to China or its Hong Kong or Macau SARs will be required to present a negative test result prior to departure. In Europe, Italy has already reacted and is obliging travelers coming from China to undergo tests that are carried out after arrival.

The southern European country caused a stir when a plane from China landed in which more than half of the passengers tested positive for the corona virus. According to local authorities, the long-haul aircraft was fully occupied. In China, the airline could have collected a several-week landing ban just a few months ago.

The EU Commission wants to discuss a possible joint approach today. However, since it was not possible to agree on uniform travel rules even within the Union area during the entire pandemic, as the respective governments preferred to cook their own soup, it is very unlikely that a possible agreement will actually be implemented by every member state. The concern of many heads of government: Corona has more or less survived in Europe, but there are fears that new mutations could be "imported" from China.

The course of the pandemic has shown that entry restrictions were effectively ineffective. Nevertheless, Malaysia, India and Japan, among others, have already tightened the regulations for Chinese passengers. In most cases it is necessary that a negative test is presented and/or at least one rapid test is carried out after landing. As of December 29, 2022, neither Germany nor Austria have any special provisions for people who have previously been to China.

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