The United States is weighing new anti-Covid measures for travelers from China due to a rise in Covid infections in the country, after authorities lifted restrictions related to the ‘Covid Zero’ policy, Bloomberg has reported.
The U.S. government would thus join other countries, such as Japan and Malaysia, which in recent days have announced that they will require a negative result in tests and monitoring and surveillance measures, respectively.
Several U.S. officials, on condition of anonymity, have remarked that the Biden Administration is concerned about the increase in cases in China, raising questions about the transparency of the data being released on the spread of the virus.
The Xi Jinping Administration announced Monday that it will reopen its borders and eliminate the need for quarantine as of Jan. 8 in a new step in easing restrictions.
With this, the Chinese authorities lift one more restriction in recent weeks, after three years of isolation, all due to pressure from the country’s society, which staged unusual demonstrations in the country, in which protesters showed their dissatisfaction with the ‘Covid Zero’ policy.
China was the country where COVID-19 was first detected and has so far officially confirmed 4.4 million cases and 16,764 deaths. In the last 28 days, 815,995 cases and 787 deaths related to the disease have been reported.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
