Travellers arriving from China must provide a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 48 hours of departure
Qatar to require all travellers from China to have COVID test
Qatar's state news agency says the testing requirement is imposed on all travellers arriving from China regardless of vaccination status.
Monday 02/01/2023
Travellers arriving from China must provide a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 48 hours of departure
DUBAI - Qatar will from Tuesday require travellers arriving from China to provide a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 48 hours of departure, Qatar's state news agency QNA said on Monday.
The testing requirement is imposed on all travellers regardless of vaccination status, the agency added.
In recent days state media have sought to reassure the public that the COVID-19 outbreak was under control and nearing its peak.
More than 80% of those living in the southwestern province of Sichuan have been infected, its Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.
But Monday's one new COVID death - flat with the previous day - among China's population of 1.4 billion does not match the experience of other countries after they re-opened.
China's official death toll of 5,250 since the pandemic began compares with more than 1 million in the United States. Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, a city of 7.4 million, has reported more than 11,000 deaths.
Around 9,000 people in China are probably dying each day from COVID, health data firm Airfinity, which is based in Britain, said last week.