(Chicago Composite Electric) The United States announced that the Chinese epidemic data lacks transparency, and announced that it will force travelers from China to show the negative proof of crown disease testing.India also stipulates that passengers from six countries and regions such as China and Singapore must provide negative testing certificates.
The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a statement on Wednesday (December 28) saying that starting from January 5, 2023, air passengers who set off from mainland China and Hong Kong and Macau to the United States,Crown disease detection must be performed within 48 hours before the trip, and a negative certificate is presented before boarding; passengers who have more than 10 days of crown disease testing before departure can use rehabilitation certification to replace negative test results.
In addition to passengers from direct flights from China, this measure is also applicable to travelers who transfer from China to the United States through the third country and go to other destinations through the United States.
In addition, passengers who transfer to the United States through South Korea's Incheon International Airport, Toronto Pilson International Airport in Toronto, Canada, or Vancouver International Airport will provide negative testing certificates if they have been to China in the past 10 days.
The United States: New measures can help curb infection to provide new varieties and early warnings
The United States has also expanded the plan for passengers to voluntarily conduct virus genome sequencing, adding the participating airports from five to seven.
U.S. officials said that the recent surge in crown cases in China has increased, increasing the possibility of the emergence of new variants, but the information provided by China on the spread of domestic strains is limited, and the testing and notification of new cases has also decreased.
U.S. officials pointed out that although new measures cannot eliminate all risks or completely prevent the infected people from entering the United States, "it helps to limit the number of infected people and provide us with early warning of new variants."
Indian Minister of Health Mandvia announced on Thursday that from January 1, travelers departing from mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand must be submitted before the Indian government website before going to India.Proved negative testing for 72 hours.
The Ministry of Health of Malaysia will also announce that when Chinese passengers enter the country, they must abide by new prevention control measures, including presented a negative certificate for the detection of crown disease.Ma Guo Deputy Health Minister Rakanismann told the Singapore Daily on Thursday: "Minister of Health Zaliha will post a statement to announce ... (Chinese tourists) will be one of the (entry) conditions before departure."
The Director of Health of Malaysia announced on Tuesday that in order to reduce the risk of crown cases, the official will implement six new measures to prevent the invasion of all similar Delta mutations, so as not to cause new cases and deaths in Malaysia.
In Europe, Italy announced earlier on Wednesday that passengers from China must do the detection of coronary virus and genomic sequences, becoming the first EU country to be compulsive to screen Chinese passengers.
EU's health officials met on Thursday to coordinate member states' response to China's re -opening border.The Italian Prime Minister Meloni warned that without expanding to the entire European Union, new measures in Italy may not be fully exerted.However, other countries such as France and Germany believe that there is no need to implement new entry restrictions.
Hong Kong Government's letter to Japan requests the cancellation of Hong Kong flight restrictions
On the other hand, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has sent a letter to Japan to demand the cancellation of local restrictions on Hong Kong flights.
From Friday, flights from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau can only land in four airports in Haneda, Narita, Kansai and Central in Japan.The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said on Wednesday that from December 30 to the end of January 2023, this measure is expected to affect 250 Hong Kong flights to Japan and about 60,000 passengers.
In addition to these four airports, Hokkaido New Chitose, Fukuoka and Naha Airport in Okinawa also connected to Hong Kong.Japan announced on Thursday that if the airline confirmed that there were no passengers from mainland China within seven days on the plane, direct flights from Hong Kong and Macau can also use New Chitose, Fukuoka and Naha Airport.However, Hong Kong pointed out that this decision is unreasonable and has required Japan to cancel relevant restrictions.
In addition, the Hong Kong government has confirmed to the Japanese side that Hong Kong Airlines flights can still return to Hong Kong by airports in Japan and will be committed to ensuring that people return to Hong Kong smoothly in Japan and Hong Kong.Essence
