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CHina has imposed new travel bans on non-Chinese arrivals from Britain and Belgium as it guards against a coronavirus resurgence by denying entry to people from two of Europe’s worst-hit nations.
Covid-19 first emerged in central China late last year, but Beijing has largely controlled its own outbreak through strict travel restrictions and strict health measures for anyone entering the country.
In March, when the virus spread around the world, China closed its borders to all foreign citizens.
He gradually eased those restrictions to allow those stranded abroad to return with special permission from their embassies, negative tests for Covid-19, and a two-week quarantine upon arrival.
But in an abrupt change as the outbreak spreads once again across Europe, the Chinese embassy in the UK said Beijing had “decided to temporarily suspend the entry into China of non-Chinese nationals.”
“The suspension is a temporary response needed by the current Covid-19 situation,” he said.
The website of the Chinese embassy in Belgium announced a similar ban on travelers as a “last resort in response to the current pandemic.”
Belgium, which has the highest number of Covid-19 cases per capita in the world, has been on lockdown since last week.
The websites of Chinese embassies in other European countries did not carry similar notices on Thursday morning, and citizens of these countries with visas can travel to China, subject to conditions.
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