The United States considers adopting anti-Covid measures for travelers from China

Dec. 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The United States is considering adopting new anti-Covid measures for travelers from China due to the increase in infections of this virus in the country, after the authorities lifted restrictions related to the ‘Covid Zero’ policy, as reported by Bloomberg.

The Government of the United States would thus join other countries, such as Japan or Malaysia, which in recent days have announced that they will require a negative result in the tests and monitoring and surveillance measures, respectively.

Several US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, have stressed that the Biden Administration is concerned about rising cases in China, raising questions about the transparency of the data being released on the spread of the virus.

The Xi Jinping Administration announced this Monday that as of January 8 it will reopen its borders and eliminate the need for quarantine in a new step in the relaxation of restrictions.

With this, the Chinese authorities have lifted yet another 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 his 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.