It is not an obligation, but a recommendation, the first which, however, comes unified from the European Union on return of Covid from China. The representatives of the 27 members reached an agreement on the restrictions to be imposed on travelers arriving from China, however only giving recommendations.
EU member countries are recommended to ask for a negative swab within 48 hours prior to departure. This is the indication that came after some countries, starting with Italy, had decided to do so tampons upon arrival to check, with sequencing, and stop the arrival of new variants.
Other indications come from the EU: recommended use of masks on board, monitoring of waste water at airports and strengthening of internal controls, with random tests on who lands in the EU.
In theory, everyone could have had checks on arrival, but there are countries that have opposed it. Austria, for example, is against new restrictions for an economic rather than a health issue. The reopening of the Chinese borders would bring the eldest back to Europe tourist flow from the East. Other countries are asking for a negative test: Italy, France, Spain and even Sweden.
There China called on the World Health Organization to adopt an impartial position on Covid-19, after the WHO denounced that Beijing underreports the deaths and the number of sick people caused by the virus. The Chinese borders open on February 8 after more than two years in which negative swabs were needed to enter China and you ended up in a Covid hotel even if you had four doses of the vaccine.
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Source: Vanity Fair
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