During the pandemic's early days in 2020, China was similarly criticised for not releasing key data. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – Covid-19 testing requirements for passengers travelling from China highlight mounting concerns about the potential for undetected new strains of the virus spawned by the country’s burgeoning outbreak.
“In the absence of comprehensive information from #China, it is understandable that countries around the world are acting in ways that they believe may protect their populations,” World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Twitter. The global health group needs more detailed information from China in order to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment, he said.
“With China’s lack of population immunity against Covid-19 there is the possibility that a new variant of concern could emerge,” Ms Nordlund said.Officials at GISAID, the consortium tracking Covid-19 mutations, said they’re reassured by a spurt of recent submissions from China. The group has received nearly 1,000 genetic sequences in the past week from across the country, provided by provincial health authorities and private health-care facilities.
A passenger from Beijing leaves the terminal after landing at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport in Barajas, Madrid, on Dec 31, 2022. PHOTO: AFP
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