The White House said there’s no reason Beijing should retaliate against the US and other countries that have imposed Covid restrictions on travellers flying from China, saying that prudent measures have been taken on public health grounds amide surge in infections.
While responding to a query about imposing restrictions on flyers from China, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “I’ll say that there’s no cause for retaliation here just because countries around the world are taking prudent measures to protect their citizens that’s what you are seeing from us and others this decision is based on public health and science. This is coming from our experts here and other countries like Japan, India, the UK, and France are also taking similar public steps here.” This decision is based on public health and science,” she said. “This is coming from our experts and other countries.”
“World Health Organization calling on China to release more data which is vital to the identity to identify any potential variants again there is no need for retaliation this is something that all of us in other countries are doing to make sure we are protecting our citizens here,” she added.
Earlier, the US announced that it will require all visitors from China to present a negative Covid-19 test result before boarding a flight to the country, CNN reported on Wednesday. Through a telehealth service, the testing can be either PCR tests or antigen self-tests.