Two more European countries impose COVID-19 tests on passengers from China
Two more countries have imposed restrictions on passengers coming from China. Thus, passengers travelling by plane from China to Portugal or the Netherlands will have to present a negative test for COVID-19, in the context of the sharp increase in the number of cases in China, officials from the Ministries of Health of the two countries announced on Friday, according to AFP.
Radio Moldova recalls that the European Union strongly encouraged member states this week to require tests carried out in China before the flight, to be then supplemented by "random tests" on arrival on European soil.
As a precaution, several countries, including the United States, Japan, France and Germany, have already enacted identical measures. For its part, Beijing has condemned the restrictions imposed by a growing number of countries around the world, warning it could take "countermeasures".
The authorities from Chisinau previously told Radio Moldova that they will not impose restrictions for the time being, because the Republic of Moldova does not have direct flights with China.
