As China opens its borders, countries around the world have announced testing for arrivals.
Spain is one of a number of countries to ask for a negative Covid test from Chinese arrivalsThe Chinese government has suggested that travel restrictions imposed by several countries on Chinese arrivals are politically motivated - and has warned that it may retaliate.
China's last daily Covid update, on 24 December, reported fewer than 5,000 cases - but some analysts claim the daily caseload is already over two million, and could peak at almost four million this month.- led to more than a dozen countries announcing Covid testing on arrivals from China.and a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry on Tuesday said that Beijing was willing to "improve communication with the world".
China's borders have been largely closed since March 2020 - meaning few foreigners were able to enter and those that did had to undergo rigorous testing and quarantine. "We're doing it while respecting the rules of the World Health Organization and we will continue to do it."
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