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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Usaid Siddiqui

Is bias, not science, behind COVID-19 curbs on China travellers?

Health workers guide travellers from China at a COVID-19 testing centre at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, South Korea on January 3, 2023 [File: Jung Yeon-je/AFP]

The recent imposition of COVID-19 restrictions on travellers from China by more than a dozen countries has left Chinese people feeling deeply unhappy at what some view as a selective application of science.

Countries such as France, Italy, Japan and the United States have placed various conditions on travellers from China – including pre-departure negative tests, on-arrival testing and fever checks.

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