EU countries have agreed to phase out pre-departure COVID-19 testing for travellers from China by the end of the month.
When China reopened its borders and eased its strict zero-COVID policies last month, the EU initially failed to agree on a unified approach to incoming tourists.
As concerns mounted about China’s suspected lack of transparent reporting on the virus, some countries ramped up their entry requirements to prevent its spread and the EU recommended introducing pre-departure testing.
Italy was one of the first European countries to tighten restrictions, ordering COVID-19 antigen swabs for all travellers coming from China – and was one of the first to ease them in late January. Spain soon
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