An “overwhelming majority” of countries in the European Union on Tuesday supported systematic COVID-19 testing of travelers arriving from China before they travel to Europe, a European Commission spokesman said. The measure is part of recommendations adopted at a meeting of EU health officials on Tuesday. in Brussels. It will be discussed Wednesday during a meeting aimed at preparing a coordinated EU response to the surge in Covid infections in China.
On Tuesday, experts also discussed other measures proposed by the commission, including requiring travelers from China to wear masks, screening aircraft sewage, and increasing genetic sequencing tests at arrival airports to identify possible new options.
Several countries in the European Union, including France, Spain and Italy, have introduced Covid-19 testing on arrivals from China, waiting for the bloc to come up with a unified approach, while Beijing has denounced the growing restrictions also applied by the United States, Japan. and Australia and threatened to take “countermeasures” in response.
