Factbox: Spain, Malaysia add to restrictions on travellers from China - Reuters

Dec 30 (Reuters) - Authorities astir the satellite are imposing oregon considering curbs connected travellers from China arsenic COVID-19 lawsuit determination surge pursuing its relaxation of "zero-COVID" rules.

They mention a deficiency of accusation from China connected variants and are acrophobic astir a question of infections. China has rejected disapproval of its COVID information and said it expects aboriginal mutations to beryllium perchance much transmissible but little severe.

Below is simply a database of regulations for travellers from China.

PLACES IMPOSING CURBS

UNITED STATES

The United States volition impose mandatory COVID-19 tests connected travellers from China opening connected Jan. 5. All aerial passengers aged 2 and older volition necessitate a antagonistic effect from a trial nary much than 2 days earlier departure from China, Hong Kong oregon Macau. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention besides said U.S. citizens should besides reconsider question to China, Hong Kong and Macau.

INDIA

The state has mandated a COVID-19 antagonistic trial study for travellers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Thailand, the wellness curate said. Passengers from those countries volition beryllium quarantined if they amusement symptoms oregon trial positive.

JAPAN

Japan volition necessitate a antagonistic COVID-19 trial upon accomplishment for travellers from mainland China. Those who trial affirmative volition beryllium required to quarantine for 7 days. New borderline measures for China volition spell into effect astatine midnight connected Dec. 30. The authorities volition besides bounds requests from airlines to summation flights to China.

ITALY

Italy has ordered COVID-19 antigen swabs and microorganism sequencing for each travellers from China. Milan's main airport, Malpensa, had already started investigating passengers arriving from Beijing and Shanghai. "The measurement is indispensable to guarantee surveillance and detection of imaginable variants of the microorganism successful bid to support the Italian population," Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said.

SPAIN

Spain volition necessitate a negative COVID-19 test oregon a afloat people of vaccination against the illness upon accomplishment for travellers from China, the country's Health Minister Carolina Darias said.

MALAYSIA

Malaysia volition screen each inbound travellers for fever and trial wastewater from craft arriving from China for COVID-19, Minister Zaliha Mustafa said successful a statement.

TAIWAN

Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Centre said all passengers connected nonstop flights from China, arsenic good arsenic by vessel astatine 2 offshore islands, volition person to instrumentality PCR tests upon arrival, starting connected Jan. 1.

SOUTH KOREA

South Korea volition necessitate travellers from China to supply antagonistic COVID trial results earlier departure, South Korea's News1 quality bureau reported connected Friday, aft Beijing's determination to assistance stringent zero-COVID policies.

PLACES MONITORING SITUATION

AUSTRALIA

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia was monitoring the concern successful respect of China "as we proceed to show the interaction of COVID present successful Australia arsenic good arsenic astir the world."

PHILIPPINES

The Southeast Asian state is being "very cautious" and could enforce measures specified arsenic investigating requirements connected visitors from China, but not an outright ban, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said.

BRITAIN

Britain is reviewing whether to enforce restrictions connected radical arriving from China, but has nary plans to bash so, officials said.

Defence curate Ben Wallace said an update was imaginable successful the coming days, but different curate said that a reappraisal of grounds truthful acold did not suggest immoderate concerning caller variant that would pb the authorities to enforce restrictions.

Compiled by Bernard Orr; Editing by Gerry Doyle, John Stonestreet and Barbara Lewis

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