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France, UK, Spain Demand Negative Covid Tests for China Arrivals
- French, UK authorities to carry out PCR tests on some arrivals
- France advises against any non-essential travel to China
Travellers in the departure hall of the Hong Kong International Airport on December 30.
Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
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Airline passengers traveling to France, Spain and the UK from China will have to present a negative Covid test due to concerns over a surge in infections after Beijing scrapped its strict lockdown measures.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to loosen the country’s Covid Zero policy has sparked a jump in infections at home and fanned concern abroad that new variants could emerge. The US, Japan, Taiwan and Italy have already imposed testing. Germany, whose Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited China last month, has no plans to test arrivals for now.