China has relaxed its strict Covid rules. However, a number of countries are wary and impose restrictions Chinese citizen to visit.
reported Algeria, on Tuesday (3/1/2023) a number of countries imposed restrictions on Chinese citizens visiting their country. One of them asks for a negative Covid test before arrival.
The following countries are tightening their gates for China tourist.
The United States will impose mandatory COVID-19 testing on travelers from China starting January 5. All airline passengers two years of age and older will request a negative test result no later than two days before departure from China, Hong Kong or Macau.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said US citizens should also reconsider travel to China, Hong Kong and Macau.
2. Great Britain
The UK Department of Health will require negative COVID-19 tests before departure from passengers arriving from China from 5 January.
3. France
France will require Chinese tourists to provide a negative COVID test result less than 48 hours before departure. Since January 1, France has also carried out a random COVID PCR test on the arrival of some travelers arriving from China.
The French government is also urging the other 26 EU member states to test Chinese travelers for COVID.
4. Australia
Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said anyone traveling from China to Australia must present a negative COVID-19 test from January 5.
Butler cited Beijing’s “lack of comprehensive information” on COVID-19 cases as the reason behind the travel obligation.
5. India
India also requires negative reports of COVID-19 for travelers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Thailand. Passengers from these countries will be quarantined if they show symptoms or test positive.
6.Canada
Travelers arriving by air from China to Canada must test negative for COVID-19 no more than two days before departure.
7. Japan
Japan requires a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival for travelers from Tmainland Chinese. Those who test positive will have to remain in quarantine for seven days.
The new border measures for China went into effect at midnight on December 30th. The government will also limit requests from airlines to increase flights to China.
8. Italy
Italy has ordered COVID-19 virus and antigen sequencing kits for all travelers from China. Milan’s main airport, Malpensa, has already started testing passengers arriving from Beijing and Shanghai.
9. Spanish
Spain has said it will require a negative COVID-19 test or full vaccinations against the disease upon travelers arriving from China.
10. Malaysia
Malaysia to screen all arriving travelers for fever and test sewage from incoming planes from China for COVID-19.
11. Taiwan
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center said all passengers on direct flights from China, as well as ships on two offshore islands, must undergo a PCR test upon arrival, effective January 1.
12. South Korea
South Korea will require travelers from China to provide a negative COVID test result before departure
13. Morocco
Morocco will impose a ban on people arriving from China from January 3, regardless of their nationality, under the pretext of avoiding a new wave of contamination and all its consequences.
14. Qatar
Qatar will require travelers arriving from China from January 3 to provide a negative COVID-19 test result within 48 hours of departure.
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