Beijing is finally opening its borders - but some countries are wary of a Covid threat.
The Covid wave hitting China is not due to some radical new variant, but Omicron in its different forms.
A key reason that many countries are imposing Covid checks on travellers from China is the lack of surveillance data coming out of the country. The more Covid that is circulating, the more chance there is for the virus to mutate. Italy has gone further, and is imposing mandatory post-arrival PCR tests on travellers from China. Those that test positive will need to quarantine for several days.
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