England to end pre-departure COVID test rule for arrivals from China

England to end pre-departure COVID test rule for arrivals from China

The British authorities stated it could finish the requirement for folks flying from mainland China to England to supply proof of a adverse pre-departure COVID-19 check from April 5.

From Friday, the UK Health Security Agency’s voluntary, on-arrival testing programme of travellers arriving from China to London’s Heathrow airport will even finish, the federal government stated.

“The removal of these measures comes as China has increased information sharing regarding testing, vaccination and genomic sequencing results, providing greater transparency on their domestic disease levels,” the well being division stated in a press release.

The non permanent measures have been launched in January, with the Heathrow testing aimed toward serving to strengthen Britain’s capability to quickly detect potential new variants circulating in China.

The authorities stated a complete of three,374 had been examined as a part of this programme to this point, a median of 99 folks per flight. In all, 14 optimistic circumstances have been recognized, none of which have been variants of concern.

The newest worldwide knowledge signifies the COVID-19 variants noticed in China proceed to be the identical as these already circulating within the UK, it added.

Source: www.anews.com.tr