sent out yesterday was an airline website, which means that "screening" for tourists from China is not mandatory.
Today, Italian officials issued a strong voice: mandatory testing for all tourists from China! Yes, mandatory! Not voluntarily!
The Italian Minister of Health announced on Wednesday (December 28) that Italy has decided to conduct mandatory testing for all travelers from China. "This measure is essential to guarantee the monitoring and individualization of possible variants of the virus to protect the Italian population," Italian Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said in a related statement. "
China has announced that all entry and exit restrictions will be lifted from January 8th, but Chinese people may find it more difficult to travel abroad in the coming months. Italy, Japan, India, Malaysia have already made their decisions, announcing stricter border controls for travelers from China just 24 hours after Beijing announced the lifting of entry quarantine from January 8. Washington is considering imposing entry restrictions on travelers from China, according to the U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
If European moves in this regard have so far been rare, Italy's decision on Wednesday arguably broke that wait-and-see attitude by officially introducing "mandatory" tests for travelers from China.
This decision was made due to the high rate of positivity among passengers: of the 120 passengers on the Beijing-Malpensa flight that landed at Milan airport at 18:55 on December 26, 62 tested for the coronavirus was positive in 52%. On another flight Boxing Day from Beijing to Milan , the positive rate was 38% (35 out of 92 passengers).
After the outbreak of the Wuhan epidemic, Italy was the first western country to ban flights to China, and now it is once again acting as a vanguard!
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