Health agency ‘closely monitoring’ COVID-19 in China, no mention of pre-flight testsOTTAWA — The national public health agency says it's "closely monitoring" the COVID-19 situation in China, but gives no indication it's planning to follow the U.S. by requiring that travellers from China be tested for the virus. The Public Health Agency of Canada says in a statement that any policy changes will be made in a travel health notice. It says "China has recently lifted many of its COVID-19 restrictions," which may increase case numbers in the country, and unvaccinated people should continue to avoid unnecessary travel. The PHAC statement says it's monitoring genomic sequencing data and the impacts of COVID-19 variants on public health in China. The U.S. announced Wednesday it was joining a few other nations by imposing travel restrictions because of a surge of infections in China after the rollback of strict anti-virus controls there.

Source: CBC News December 29, 2022 02:07 UTC