US to require COVID-19 testing for travelers from China

Starting Jan. 5, the United States will require inbound air travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 when boarding their flight, the CDC announced.
The requirement, which comes as China battles a surge in cases after ending its zero-COVID policy, was put in place "to monitor the case surge effectively and decrease the chance for entry of a novel variant of concern,” the CDC said in a press release.
“Variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to emerge in countries around the world,” the agency said. “However,

Starting Jan. 5, the United States will require inbound air travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 when boarding their flight, the CDC announced.
The requirement, which comes as China battles a surge in cases after ending its zero-COVID policy, was put in place «to monitor the case surge effectively and decrease the chance for entry of a novel variant of concern,” the CDC said in a press release.
“Variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to emerge in countries around the world,” the agency said. “However,