Travellers at Heathrow Airport in London on Wednesday. The UK is requiring people arriving from China to show a negative Covid-19 test taken no more than two days before their departure. Photo: EPA-EFE
Travellers at Heathrow Airport in London on Wednesday. The UK is requiring people arriving from China to show a negative Covid-19 test taken no more than two days before their departure. Photo: EPA-EFE
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EU wants Chinese visitors to give negative Covid test and wear mask on plane

  • Bloc also asking its members to increase testing of waste water from airports and aircraft to monitor potential new coronavirus variants
  • Measures are ‘something which we saw the overwhelming majority of countries are in favour of’, says European Commission spokesman

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Finbarr Bermingham in Brussels

Updated: 5:38am, 5 Jan, 2023

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Travellers at Heathrow Airport in London on Wednesday. The UK is requiring people arriving from China to show a negative Covid-19 test taken no more than two days before their departure. Photo: EPA-EFE
Travellers at Heathrow Airport in London on Wednesday. The UK is requiring people arriving from China to show a negative Covid-19 test taken no more than two days before their departure. Photo: EPA-EFE
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