The European Union and China on Tuesday moved closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis, with Beijing vehemently rejecting travel restrictions some E.U. nations have started to impose
The E.U. And China Are Barreling Toward a Political Standoff Over COVID-19
And as the 27-nation bloc moved closer to imposing some sort of restrictions on travelers from China, Beijing threatened countermeasures. A special EU health security committee joining representatives from the E.U. member nations discussed potential measures Tuesday, and E.U. spokesman Tim McPhie said that “the overwhelming majority of countries are in favor of pre-departure testing” in China.China’s Stunning U-Turn on Zero-COVID Takes Xi Jinping From Suffocating Control to Callous Inaction
Several member nations announced individual efforts over the past week. At the same time, the E.U.’s European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control insisted that the situation in China didn’t pose an immediate overall health threat. Italy was the first E.U. member in requiring coronavirus tests for airline passengers coming from China, but several others have said such measures might not be the best option to protect local populations since new variants now coming from China have already been around in Europe, often for many months.France, Spain and Italy have already announced independent measures to implement tougher COVID-19 rules for passengers arriving from China.
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