China's Covid surge raises global alarm

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 31, 2022 12:11 am

BEIJING: The United States joined nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases, but the European Union's health agency said Thursday such measures weren't warranted in the bloc.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), however, said the restrictions some countries were introducing were 'understandable' given the lack of information out of Beijing.

RESURGENT RISK A medical worker administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a senior resident in Hufeng Village of Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province on Dec. 22, 2022. XINHUA PHOTO

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