The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to end mandatory COVID-19 tests for travelers from China on Friday.
In response to Beijing's move to relax strict zero-COVID laws, the United States, along with countries like India, Canada, Italy, Japan, and others, has introduced unique mechanisms to monitor cases of COVID-19 in China and elsewhere in the world. The action follows the removal of comparable rules by other nations, including Japan.
China established a zero-COVID
policy in December, requiring new air travelers to present a negative test
result two days before they depart. This resulted in an increase in COVID-19
cases, which then caused a virus outbreak in its 1.4 billion population. With
the lowest fatality rate in the entire world, China's officials declared
"great success" in February.
The US expanded its volunteer
genetic sequencing program at airports in December to include Seattle and Los
Angeles. The Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance Program (TGS) solicits
volunteers among travelers to help in the early identification of novel
variations. The CDC will keep using the TGS program to keep track of flights
coming from China and other nations.
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