They advise their citizens not to travel to China unless absolutely necessary
THE GermanyBelgium and Luxembourg have advised their citizens to avoid non-essential travel to China as the country faces an unprecedented wave of Covid-19 in recent times.
The reason for issuing this travel advisory is “the peak of infections in China and the burdened health system,” the German foreign ministry’s rapid response center said on Twitter.
The Luxembourg in turn “aligns with the decision” of Germany and urges that travel to China be avoided, the Grand Duchy’s foreign ministry said late this afternoon.
He gives the same advice Belgium: “Since December, China has been facing its biggest wave of infections, due to the end of the zero-Covid policy. Due to the risk of hospital saturation and therefore the risk of not being able to be treated quickly in the event of an emergency, we advise for now not to travel” unless there is a need, the foreign ministry said on its website.
In the middle of the week, the EU urged its member states to require travelers from China to be tested for the new coronavirus before their departure and to carry out “random tests” when they arrive in European countries. terrain. For precautionary reasons many countries (USA, Japan, France, Germany and others) have already taken similar measures.
Despite the explosion of cases, the Chinese authorities plan to end mandatory quarantine of travelers arriving in China from tomorrow and allow Chinese to travel abroad againThe. Beijing condemned the decision of some countries to impose mandatory tests on Chinese travelers and threatened to take similar countermeasures.
For its part, the World Health Organization denounces the controversial methods used by Beijing to count the victims of Covid-19. Although Chinese hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and crematoria are full, authorities are confirming few deaths from the new coronavirus.
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