China Drops Covid-19 Testing Requirement For Those Entering Country

Travellers to China will no longer be required to take COVID-19 tests starting Wednesday, the country's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. The move is seen as a milestone in the country's efforts to reopen to the rest of the world after a nearly three-year isolation due to the pandemic.

A notice on the website of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China said the travellers will also no longer be required to declare the negative test results while exiting and entering the country.

In January, the country ended the quarantine requirements for its own citizens travelling from abroad and gradually expanded the list of countries its citizens can travel to.