US to lift COVID-19 testing requirements for tourists from China

The U.S. plans on Friday, March 10, to relax post-arrival covid-19 testing requirements for tourists from CHINA . This is reported by The Washington Post and BLOOMBERG newspapers, citing sources.

According to publications, the decision to cancel testing was made by officials in the field of national security and HEALTH. Relevant departments will begin to notify US airlines, Chinese diplomats and others of the new regulation before announcing the change. Three WP sources described the decision as a matter of public health priorities rather than foreign policy.

According to Bloomberg, the change is dictated by evidence held by the United States that the number of hospitalizations and deaths from CORONAVIRUS in China has begun to decline. The Joe Biden administration will continue to track cases in China and other countries while maintaining a "genomic surveillance" program for tourists.

The U.S. requirement that all travelers aged two years and older come to the country to carry a negative coronavirus test was introduced on Jan. 5 after China lifted its zero-tolerance policy for the infection. In this regard, the number of deaths and cases of infection in the country has increased many times.

So, at the end of December, the Financial Times, citing the deputy DIRECTOR of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Sun Yang, reported that about 250 million people, or 18% of the population, fell ill with coronavirus in the first 20 days of the month after the lifting of restrictions.

US officials feared that the new wave of diseases sweeping China would bring new variants of the coronavirus to the United States, which in turn could threaten people around the world. In recent weeks, they have noted that deaths and infection rates in China have declined. On February 19, China announced the complete overcoming of COVID-19, calling on European countries to return trade to pre-pandemic levels.

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