Several Biden Administration officials, who asked to remain anonymous, said that Washington is considering implementing new anti-Covid measures for travelers coming from China because of the increase in positive cases, Bloomberg reported.
According to the informants, the White House is " concerned" about the increase in infections in China, and has doubts about the transparency of the data released on the spread of the virus:
There is growing concern about increases in covid-19 cases in China and the lack of transparent data, including viral genomic sequence data, reported from the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Negative tests are required
In recent days, countries such as India, Japan and Malaysia have announced that they will require a negative Covid-19 test result and will implement monitoring and surveillance measures for travelers coming from China. "The U.S. would be considering similar measures, to prevent the virus from spreading further."
The Chinese government announced that as of January 8 it will reopen its borders and eliminate the need for quarantine in a new step relaxing restrictions.
The Xi Jinping Administration will lift this restriction after three years of isolation. Pressure from society was one of the reasons that led them to make this decision. The citizens of that country staged "unusual demonstrations" in which they showed their dissatisfaction with the 'Covid Zero' policy.
China is the country where the coronavirus was first detected and has so far officially confirmed 4.4 million cases and 16,764 deaths. In the last 28 days, there have been 815,995 cases and 787 Covid-related deaths.
