Visas of foreigners suspended as China faces greater risk from ‘imported Covid-19 cases’

China on Friday stated it has briefly suspended visas for overseas nationals in international locations like India, the UK and the Philippines because it was dealing with larger threat from “imported cases” of coronavirus.

The Chinese embassy in Delhi stated on Thursday that China has determined to briefly droop the entry into the nation by overseas nationals from India holding legitimate visas or residence permits in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

China has additionally made comparable bulletins for travellers from the UK and the Philippines.

“As the epidemic situation overseas is getting worse, China is facing greater risks of imported cases. In October, the number of imported cases grew by 45 per cent compared with that in September,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin informed a media briefing right here, justifying Beijing’s determination.

“In the meantime, some domestic cases were also found. Under such circumstances, we have learned from other countries’ practices and further strengthened pre-departure prevention and control measures for travellers coming to China,” he stated.

China’s sudden determination has led to the cancellation of a number of Vande Bharat Mission flights by India to deliver over 2,000 stranded Indian professionals to this nation.

Wang additionally stated Covid-19 exams being stipulated for passengers arriving in China weren’t hundred per cent correct.

“The pre-departure nucleic acid testing for China-bound travellers has been essential in preventing epidemic importation. However, none of the existing test methods can be 100 per cent accurate at the moment,” he stated.

“According to the competent authorities, IgM anti-body test results are stable, and the passengers’ test results can be a lot more accurate if the test methods are combined. That’s why we now need IgM anti-body testing, too,” he stated.

He additionally instructed to China-bound travellers to take direct flights as a substitute of transiting by way of completely different routes.

(This story has been printed from a wire company feed with out modifications to the textual content.)

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