ACI EUROPE: TESTING TRAVELLERS FROM CHINA “NEITHER SCIENTIFICALLY JUSTIFIED NOR RISK BASED”

AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL EUROPE has released a statement in which it expressed regret regarding the actions of a number of States within the EU and globally for unilaterally imposing health-related travel requirements including systematic pre-departure or on-arrival testing of travellers from China. EU countries including France, Italy and Spain have announced plans for either pre-departure or on-arrival testing for travellers from China, and travellers on direct ights from China to the UK have been required to take pre-departure tests. e move follows the easing of travel restrictions by Chinese o cials, at a time when Covid-19 cases are soaring in the country. ACI Europe said that the focus should be on increasing genomic sequencing to be able to identify possible new Covid-19 variants and related surveillance. aci-europe.org