More countries roll out China travel checks amid Covid surge

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 02, 2023 12:15 am

(UPDATE) BEIJING: Travelers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in Covid-19 cases, with Australia the latest to demand a negative test before arrival.

Last month, Beijing abruptly began dismantling its 'zero-Covid' containment policy of lockdowns and mass testing, three years after the coronavirus first emerged in the city of Wuhan.

Passengers of a flight from China wait in a line for checking their COVID-19 vaccination documents as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, after arriving at the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023. France and Britain on December 30 joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases -- and amid questions about its data reporting. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP

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