UK and France to require negative Covid test for China travellers
- The two are among the latest countries – along with Spain, South Korea and Israel – to implement arrival screening and restrictions
- The travel rules come as Beijing drops foreign travel curbs despite surging cases
Passengers arriving in Britain and France from China will require a negative test for Covid-19 after a surge in infections in China.
Starting from January 5, travellers arriving in the UK from China will need to show a negative test taken no more than two days prior to departure, the Department of Health and Social Care said in a statement on Friday.
The French government says it will require travellers boarding a flight from China to show a negative Covid-19 test fewer than 48 hours old with their boarding pass, with random tests carried out on passengers on arrival.
The two countries are joining Spain, South Korea and Israel as the latest nations to impose Covid-19 tests on travellers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases.
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South Korea to require Covid-19 tests for travellers from China, joining US and Japan
Italy, Japan, India, Malaysia, Taiwan and the US are also requiring negative results for all travellers from mainland China, in a bid to avoid importing new variants from the Asian giant.
