France Extends Mandatory Covid Tests For Travellers From China Till February 15
Due to the "developing scenario," France said on Saturday that it has extended the COVID testing for travellers arriving from China until February 15. Due to the "developing scenario," France said on Saturday that it has extended the COVID testing for travellers arriving from China until February 15. The initial plan called for the testing to run until January 31. Since the beginning of the year, adults travelling from China to France must provide a negative test result from 48 hours before to the journey in order to board the aircraft.The French authorities said that there will be random testing and that anyone who tested positive would need to isolate themselves. They also stated that anyone older than six would need to travel with a face mask.After Beijing opted to loosen tight virus controls, some nations imposed new travel restrictions on visitors from China. China claims that since the beginning of the month, the daily COVID-19 fatality rate has decreased by about 80%.Since Beijing unexpectedly stopped its "zero-contamination" policy last month, a surge of viral outbreaks has swept throughout the country with the largest population in the world.Given China's strict definition of a Covid death and official estimations that large segments of the population have been infected, Beijing's numbers are thought to only be a small portion of the total toll.
