China calls entry restrictions targeting its travellers unreasonable

Record ID: 1705084

  • Title: China calls entry restrictions targeting its travellers unreasonable
  • Date: 3rd January 2023
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JANUARY 3, 2023) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON MAO NING ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, MAO NING, SAYING: "We are willing to improve communication with the world and work together to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. But we also believe that the entry restrictions that some countries imposed only on China lack scientific basis, some excessive practices are simply unacceptable. We are firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the epidemic prevention and control measures for political purposes, and will take corresponding measures in different situations according to the principle of reciprocity." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 17th January 2023 08:47
  • Keywords: BEIJING CHINA COVID-19 TRAVEL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TRAVELLERS
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001005303012023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China's foreign ministry on Tuesday (January 3) said some countries’ COVID-19 entry restrictions targeting China "lack scientific basis" and "are simply unreasonable".
    "We are firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the epidemic prevention and control measures for political purposes, and will take corresponding measures in different situations according to the principle of reciprocity," foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular news briefing in Beijing.
    China's abrupt U-turn on COVID controls on Dec. 7, as well as the accuracy of its case and mortality data, have come under increasing scrutiny at home and abroad and prompted some countries to impose travel curbs.
    The United States, France, and others will require COVID tests on travellers from China, while Belgium said it would test wastewater from planes for new COVID variants. European Union health officials will meet on Wednesday (January 4) on a coordinated response.
    (Production: Wang Shubing, Josh D. Arslan)
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