The two countries join a number of others - including the UK, US, India, Spain, South Korea and France - that have brought in restrictions targeting arrivals from China.
The concern stems from China's reopening following three years of a strict COVID-zero policy that kept borders closed and locals locked down.
But the government, under pressure from growing protests against the measures, reversed its policy with a move towards learning to live with the virus.Other countries, however, have said that China's COVID-19 data is not transparent, and a lack of information about variants is putting the world at risk of a massive wave of reinfections.
: From 5 January travellers from China will need to show a negative result from a test taken no more than two days before departure from China, Hong Kong, or Macau.: France will also require a negative COVID-19 test less than 48 hours before departure and, from January random PCR tests will be carried out on arrivals from China.: Travellers from China to Australia will need to submit a negative COVID-19 test from 5 January.
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