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Health

Sweden to require negative COVID tests for travelers from China

FILE PHOTO: Travellers queue to board a plane at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport amid a wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Sweden will require travelers from China to show they have tested negative for COVID before they can enter the country, the Nordic country's government said on Thursday.

"The Swedish government has this morning decided on temporary restrictions on entry for journeys from China to Sweden," Health Minster Jakob Forssmed told reporters.

On Wednesday, the EU's Integrated Political Crisis Response group (IPCR) recommended that member states should introduce restrictions.

(Reporting by Simon Johnson, editing by Anna Ringstrom)

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