The vast majority of the countries of the European Union
are committed to requesting covid-19 tests from all travelers
from China before they even leave the country in response to the rise in infections in the Asian giant.
They are also inclined to
recommend personal hygiene measures
for travelers, including a recommendation to wear a mask on flights from China, control of sewage from planes, monitor the entry of
new variants
at airports and improve virus sequencing, among other measures.
These are the ideas on which the experts of the Member States have "agreed" at their meeting on Tuesday, as summarized on the social network
Twitter by the Health Commissioner, Stella Kyriakides
, once the meeting ended.
At that meeting, a discussion arose about the need to require covid-19 tests for passengers coming from China to be carried out
even before leaving the Asian country
, a possibility supported by a "vast majority" of the Member States, explained a community spokesperson.
In any case, the spokesman stressed that the measures adopted "should be focused on the
most suitable flights and airports
and be carried out in a coordinated manner to guarantee their effectiveness."
The discussions will continue this Wednesday, explained the Cypriot, at a meeting of the Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR) group, in which representatives of the
European institutions
, member states and other experts participate, with a view to the possible decision of concrete decisions.
"Unity continues to be our main tool against covid-19," said Kyriakides, head of Health of the European Commission, an institution that in recent times has stressed the need for the
Twenty-seven to coordinate their response
to the increase in infections in China.
Since the increase in infections in China became known, different partners of the community bloc, including Spain, have reestablished controls for travelers from the Asian country, although others,
such as Belgium, have chosen not to require
travelers from this country carrying out a test.
The meeting of the health experts of the Member States this Tuesday coincided with a report from the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) in which this body concludes again that the rise in coronavirus cases in China does not initially imply a "challenge" for the countries of the European Union (EU) due to the fact that they are the same variants that already circulate in the continent and to the high immunity and vaccination rates.
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