In response, the United States and several other countries announced they would require negative Covid tests for all travelers from mainland China. WHO calls for dataThe European Union's health agency said Thursday it believed the EU-wide introduction of mandatory Covid screenings for travelers from China was currently "unjustified." 'Smears'Following the announcements by some countries of travel restrictions, Beijing has hit out against "smears with ulterior motives" by the Western media. Bodies piling upOn the front lines of China's Covid wave, hospitals are battling surging cases that have hit the elderly and vulnerable hardest. China's National Health Commission said last week it would no longer release an official daily Covid death toll.

Source: Manila Times December 31, 2022 04:20 UTC