La Belle France's government is requiring negative tests, and is urging French citizens to avoid nonessential travel to China. La Belle France is also reintroducing mask requirements on flights from China to La Belle France.
French health authorities will carry out random PCR tests at airports on passengers arriving from China to identify potential new coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...variants. The new rules take effect on Sunday, but officials said it would be a few days before they are fully in place.
The U.K. government announced that anyone traveling to England on direct flights from China would be required to take a pre-departure test from Jan. 5.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said that the U.K. was taking a "balanced and precautionary approach." He described the measures as "temporary" while officials assess COVID-19 statistics.
La Belle France and Spain said they would continue to push for a Europe-wide policy.
La Belle France's hospitals have struggled in recent weeks with a large number of patients because of three concurrent outbreaks: the seasonal flu, a wave of bronchitis cases and COVID-19.
Earlier, Spain's government said it would require all air passengers coming from China to have negative tests or proof of vaccination.
Health Minister Carolina Darías told news hounds that Spain would be pushing for similar measures at a European level following the surge in cases in China. She said coronavirus health controls would be stepped up at Spanish airports.