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Health

Switzerland says no current plans to test travellers from China for COVID-19

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks walk out a the arrivals terminal of Cointrin airport, the day the Swiss government imposed a 10 days quarantine for travellers who have entered from Britain, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Travellers from China entering Switzerland will not at present be required to undergo compulsory testing for COVID-19, the Swiss government said on Wednesday.

The Omicron variants circulating in China posed "only a small risk to the Swiss population and the Swiss health system," it said in a statement.

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