EU provides support and prepares to combat China’s COVID crisis | WGN Radio 720

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union (EU) announced Tuesday that it has provided aid to China, including donations of vaccines, to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. That’s because Brock is trying to adjust how authorities check passengers entering from China for the new variant.

Several Member States have announced individual initiatives over the past week. At the same time, the EU’s European Center for Disease Prevention and Control argued that the situation in China poses no immediate overall threat to health.

“The variant circulating in China is already circulating in the EU and poses no challenge for the immune response of EU citizens,” said the latest impact study published Tuesday.

But fearing it will go unnoticed like the start of the pandemic in early 2020, health experts in EU member states are already preparing actions that could be taken up at Wednesday’s integrated political crisis response conference. was doing. Entry requirements can be determined.

“Visitors from China should be prepared for decisions to be made soon,” EU presidency Sweden said in a statement.

The European Commission said on Tuesday that Brock had reached out to Beijing over the past few days to provide assistance, including expertise, medical information and donations of vaccines. Specific information was not immediately available. The Financial Times first reported the news.

Over the past week, EU countries have responded to the China crisis in a chaotic series of national actions, ignoring previous promises to act collectively before anything else.

Italy was the first EU member state to mandate coronavirus testing for passengers on flights coming from China, but some others say its Such measures may not be the best option to protect local residents, he said. for months.

France, Spain and Italy have already announced their own measures to implement tougher COVID-19 measures for passengers arriving from China.

The French government has made negative tests mandatory and urged French citizens to avoid non-essential travel to China. France is also reintroducing mask requirements on flights from China to France.

The Spanish government said it would require a negative test or proof of vaccination from all air passengers coming from China.

The United States on Wednesday announced new COVID-19 testing requirements for all travelers from China, joining several Asian countries that have imposed restrictions due to a surge in infections.