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International News: European Union urges scaling up checks for COVID-19 variants as cases surge in China

Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2022. 2:48 pm CST.

By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Today, European commissioner for health and food safety, Stella Kyriakides urged scaling up genomic sequencing of COVID-19 infections and monitoring of wastewater, including from airports to detect any new COVID-19 variant, Reuters report.

Kyriakides sent a letter to the European Union’s (EU) 27 member states urging health ministers to be “very vigilant” as China is lifting travel restrictions as of January 8, 2023.

In addition, Kyriakides advised ministers to assess their current practices on genomic sequencing of the coronavirus “as an immediate step”.

The letter followed a virtual meeting between the EU health agencies and the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss how to deal with the outbreak in China.

Another crisis response meeting is expected to be held next week.

Meanwhile, several countries including the U.S. have now imposed mandatory COVID-19 testing for travelers from China.

 

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