Everyone from China refuses to come to the country

The infection exploded in China. Several countries have taken measures to avoid infection from China, which the country does not agree with, and countermeasures are now being announced.

Chinese authorities say entry restrictions for Chinese imposed by a number of countries lack scientific basis and are unreasonable.

– Some countries have imposed entry restrictions targeting only Chinese travelers. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said on Tuesday that this was presented without scientific basis, and some measures are unacceptable.

Moreover, it states that China can “take countermeasures in line with the principle of reciprocity”. USA, India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan are among the countries that have submitted Such measures follow the reopening of China.

Italy has urged the rest of Europe to introduce testing requirements, but many countries have refused. Including Norway.

FHI told VG yesterday that nothing special will happen in Norway.

– This is not a new 2020 because most of the world’s population has trained their immune system, FHI’s specialist director, Preben Aavitsland, said on Monday.

Entry denied

Several countries have taken different measures against infection in China.

Italy has introduced compulsory testing for all travelers from China, and also for those just stopping over.

France, Spain, Great Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada and Qatar require all passengers arriving from China to test negative for COVID-19. For some countries, this only applies from January 5th.

On the other hand, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan only require a test from anyone coming from China.

India is testing everyone coming from China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Thailand. The result must be uploaded to an official page before starting the journey. In addition, spot tests are being carried out on everyone who travels to India.

Malaysia has introduced new tracking and monitoring measures due to the increase in infections in the region.

From January 3, Morocco will refuse entry to all those arriving from China. It says the entry ban is independent of the nationality of the traveler, and was introduced due to the need to avoid a new wave of infections.

Infection blast

China experienced an Omicron explosion, and expects 800 million infected people this winter. At Christmas, the country was marked by overcrowded hospitals and long lines outside the crematoriums. Residents were evicted or locked at home if they were infected. Not long ago, the authorities in the country made a complete U-turn.

Undoing Omikron has become very difficult. They have relaxed measures, and people who test positive can self-isolate at home instead of in Covid centres.

The reason Omicron has spread so quickly is because almost no one has been infected yet — and vaccine coverage is poor. China is late in rolling out vaccines to people, and they are Didn’t want to buy western RNA vaccines Like Pfizer or Moderna.

It also turns out that Sinopharm and the Chinese Sinovac work much worse against severe coronavirus than these two.

– I am really concerned about China’s ability to deal with the virus with the vaccine they have. They need better vaccines, said Ashish Jha, who leads coronavirus preparedness in the US. in an interview.