China Travel Restrictions Eased

Travellers to China will no longer be required to take COVID-19 tests starting Wednesday, the country's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. The move is seen as a milestone in the country's efforts to reopen to the rest of the world.

China on Friday announced the relaxation of some of its hardline Covid-19 restrictions, cutting the quarantine period for inbound travellers.

Earlier, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had recommended that only the vaccines approved for use in Australia, and Covishield from India and Sinovac from China be recognised for the purposes of travel and other restrictions.

The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened Saturday, after more than two months of almost total isolation.

More places in China lowered emergency response levels to the coronavirus epidemic and relaxed travel restrictions a day after President Xi Jinping visited the epicentre of the outbreak, signalling authorities were turning the tide.

Just a month after the US government eased travel restrictions on Cuba, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is planning a trip to the island nation.

Travellers to China will no longer be required to take COVID-19 tests starting Wednesday, the country's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. The move is seen as a milestone in the country's efforts to reopen to the rest of the world.

China on Friday announced the relaxation of some of its hardline Covid-19 restrictions, cutting the quarantine period for inbound travellers.

Earlier, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had recommended that only the vaccines approved for use in Australia, and Covishield from India and Sinovac from China be recognised for the purposes of travel and other restrictions.

The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened Saturday, after more than two months of almost total isolation.

More places in China lowered emergency response levels to the coronavirus epidemic and relaxed travel restrictions a day after President Xi Jinping visited the epicentre of the outbreak, signalling authorities were turning the tide.

Just a month after the US government eased travel restrictions on Cuba, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is planning a trip to the island nation.