China bars entry for foreigners from these countries
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FILE PHOTO: Staff members in protective suits sit at a checkpoint at Beijing Capital International Airport, in Beijing
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The same notice has been issued by the embassies to Belgium, Bangladesh, India, and Ukraine as well.
In addition, the country demanded travelers from the United States, France and Germany present results of additional health tests, as coronavirus cases rise around the world.
The rejection of foreign travellers from Britain came as England entered a month-long lockdown starting Thursday.
Britain's death toll is the highest in Europe and it is grappling with more than 20,000 new coronavirus cases a day. Belgium has Europe's highest per capita number of new confirmed cases, while the Philippines has the second-highest number of infections and deaths in Southeast Asia after Indonesia.
Starting Nov. 6, all passengers from the United States, France, Germany and Thailand bound for China must take both a nucleic acid test and a blood test for antibodies against the coronavirus. The tests must be done no more than 48 hours before boarding.
If the passenger needs to make a transit stop en route to China, the same tests must be done in the transit country or region.
Linyi Li, a Chinese national, had planned to fly from Seattle to China in mid-November but switched to her flight to Nov. 6 to circumvent the rule, even though fares had tripled.
"The tickets were sold out in seconds, as people were all scrambling to beat the deadline," said Li, 30. "I've been rushing to sell many of my family belongings in the past days in case I can't get back to the States."
Similar requirements were imposed on travellers from countries such as Australia, Singapore and Japan, from Nov. 8.
On Tuesday, China Southern Airlines, the country's biggest carrier by passenger load, said it would suspend transit services for passengers embarking from 21 countries, mostly African and Asian countries such as India and the Philippines.
The number of weekly international passenger flights serving China from late October through March is set to slump 96.8% from a year earlier to 592, the latest schedules show.
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