People traveling from China to Spain will be required to test negative for COVID-19 or prove they have been fully vaccinated against the disease, Spain s top health official said on Friday.
No novel covid-19 variants have emerged in China, according to a global consortium that s tracking coronavirus mutations, potentially easing concerns that the country s record wave of infections would give rise to new strains that could circulate around the world.
Passengers arriving at Spanish airports from China will be screened for COVID-19, Madrid’s health minister said on Friday, following an explosion of cases
China, a country of 1.4 billion people, reported one new COVID death for Thursday, same as the day before - numbers which do not match the experience of other countries after they re-opened. China's official death toll of 5,247 since the pandemic began compares with more than 1 million deaths in the United States.
Chinese state-media have railed against the growing number of foreign governments imposing COVID-19 tests on travellers from China, calling the measures discriminatory.