The EU's disease agency has said the screening of travellers from China for Covid-19 would be "unjustified". The US, Japan, Taiwan and India also recently announced mandatory testing, as China deals with a Covid surge. EU health officials held talks in Brussels on Thursday to co-ordinate any response. China's National Health Commission published its most recent daily Covid data on 24 December, registering 4,128 new cases the day before. Despite the official numbers being low, the World Health Organization has warned the healthcare system in China could be under severe pressure.

Source: Daily Nation December 30, 2022 18:46 UTC