Integrated political crisis response - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on Integrated political crisis response at Lokmat Times

Brussels, Jan 5 European Union (EU) officials are "strongly" recommending that all member states insist on negative Covid-19 tests from Chinese arrivals before they travel.Wednesday's recommendation on negative tests came from the EU's Integrated Political Crisis Response group (IPCR), a body made up of officials from the bloc's 27 governments, reports the BBC.France, Spain and Italy have already introduced testing, but others, such as Germany, had been monitoring the situation.England, outside the EU, requires pre-flight testing on China arrivals from Thursday.Despite the recommendation, it remains unclear if an EU-wide policy will be introduced.Individual states however, can set their own policy.The advice from the IPCR is a change in tack from the body's disease prevention agency, which last week advised against the introduction of mandatory Covid tests.The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said testing was "unjustified", given the high rates of vaccination in Europe, and that variants circulating in China were already in the EU.Wednesday's development comes a day after the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, said an "overwhelming" number of member states favoured restrictions on Chinese arrivals.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Narendra Modi

Lok Sabha Election 2024

Heatwave In India

Mumbai Mega Block

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election

T20 World Cup 2024

Integrated Political Crisis ResponseFOLLOW

Integrated political crisis response, Latest News

Health :EU 'strongly' urges Covid testing for arrivals from China

Brussels, Jan 5 European Union (EU) officials are "strongly" recommending that all member states insist on negative Covid-19 ... ...