Pedagogy in the face of anxiety. The Minister of Health, François Braun, and the Minister Delegate for Transport, Clément Beaune, detailed the French strategy in the face of the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic in China during a trip to Paris Roissy airport. -Charles-de-Gaulle, Sunday 1 January. Since this morning, PCR tests have been carried out on arrival in France. “Fifteen passengers” were checked on the first flight, according to Clément Beaune. Tourists positive at the end of these checks are “identified” and receive “instructions for their isolation”, assured François Braun.
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Travelers from China must also wear the mask on board planes. From January 5, all these travelers, by direct flight or with a stopover, will be required to present a negative PCR or antigen test before boarding and carried out less than 48 hours before their departure. Follow our live.
Morocco closes its doors to travelers from China. Morocco has purely and simply announced a ban on entry into its territory to all travelers from China as of January 3. After the United States, Japan, Canada and several European countries including France, Australia announced in turn on Sunday that a negative test for Covid-19 would be compulsory for travelers from China. from January 5.
The EU is considering a common strategy. The member states of the European Union are to discuss on Wednesday January 4 a common response to adopt, announced Sweden, which holds the half-yearly presidency of the EU from Sunday. In Europe, France, Italy and Spain, among others, have already introduced reinforced controls for travelers from China.
The end of China’s “zero Covid” strategy. Three years after the appearance of the first cases of coronavirus in Wuhan, China ended without notice on December 7 its draconian so-called “zero Covid” policy. Since the lifting of restrictions, Chinese hospitals have been overwhelmed by a surge of mostly elderly patients and crematoria are overwhelmed. But the country has stopped publishing the daily case tally.