text/Li Haijun
I would rather believe that a rooster can lay eggs than believe in the mouths of Western politicians.
The day before, the British government had vowed to state that it would not take new epidemic prevention measures against Chinese tourists coming to the UK. However, it went back on its word just one day later. On the evening of the 30th, the British side suddenly announced that starting from January 5 next year, travelers from China entering England will be required to submit a 48-hour negative certificate. Starting from January 8, Chinese travelers arriving in England will also be sampled for testing to monitor whether new mutant strains have emerged.
Although this policy currently only applies to Chinese passengers arriving at England's airports, the UK is coordinating with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to ensure that this policy is implemented throughout the UK.
The UK officially lifted all entry restrictions as early as March 18 this year. Passengers entering the UK no longer need to provide vaccination certificates or nucleic acid negative certificates.
Moreover, a British government spokesman said earlier (December 28): "There are no plans to restart new coronavirus testing for immigrants arriving in the UK.
The UK will not and has no reason to carry out compulsory testing for arrivals.
However, before the words could be heard, the British government suddenly announced that it would conduct new coronavirus testing on travelers arriving from China. Testing.
If the UK has always implemented this policy, I have nothing to say.
But it canceled the test as early as March 18, and now it only opens the nucleic acid test channel for Chinese tourists.
On December 29, the European Disease Prevention and Control Center. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) said that the current mandatory testing of passengers from China within the EU is "unreasonable" because the immunity of EU people is higher than the variant strain currently "popular" in China. However, this statement from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control did not reach the ears of EU countries. Many countries have successively announced new epidemic prevention measures for travelers entering China.
Just a few days ago, France announced in a high-profile manner that France welcomes Chinese tourists to enter the country and will not take new epidemic prevention measures against Chinese people.
On December 29, Brigitte Outland, head of the French Committee for Monitoring and Prediction of Health Risks (Covars), said, “From a scientific point of view, "There is no reason to restore border control measures at this stage."
But just one day later, the French government (on the evening of December 30) announced that starting from January 1, 2023, all Chinese passengers traveling to France will need to provide a negative COVID-19 test result before entering France, and passengers arriving in France by direct flights from China will need to wear masks throughout the journey. Not only that, France will also randomly screen Chinese passengers after they arrive in France. PCR tests will be carried out, and positive samples will be systematically sequenced to detect whether new virus variants have emerged.
In addition to Britain and France, the government of Spain, another major European country, suddenly changed its attitude towards Chinese tourists (implementing new epidemic prevention measures). It also announced on December 30 that from December 31 to January 3, all passengers from China will be required to undergo a new coronavirus test upon entry. .
Moreover, starting from January 3, Spain also requires Chinese tourists to provide the aforementioned supporting documents in the form of digital certificates.
These are countries that suddenly require Chinese people entering their territory to undergo nucleic acid testing. They had already canceled this anti-epidemic policy before, but this time they restarted the original anti-epidemic policy alone for the Chinese people. I have to say that these countries really treat the Chinese with special regard and love! In order to protect the health of the Chinese people, I was really touched by the temporary and emergency measures to add a new measure. [angry]
As we all know, these countries were the first countries to take measures to stay calm after the outbreak of COVID-19. If it weren't for their indifference, the epidemic in China would have ended long ago. Now they still have the nerve to take new anti-epidemic measures against China. How shameless!
