Incoming Health Minister Aryeh Deri decided today (Friday) that airlines will require foreign citizens to undergo a corona test on a flight from China to Israel, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Health management. This is due to the renewed outbreak of the plague in China.
Deri also instructed the professional echelon to establish a voluntary sampling point in Israel for foreign and Israeli citizens returning from the country.
The United States is also considering imposing corona restrictions on those coming from China. This is due to the Chinese government’s decision not to publish current data on a daily basis regarding the state of infection in the country. According to the reports in the West, in a closed meeting of senior government officials in China, it was said that since the beginning of December, 248 million people have fallen ill with the corona virus in the country, which is 18% of the total population. China’s National Health Commission announced today that it had a conversation with the World Health Organization about the current epidemiological situation.
In recent weeks, China canceled the “zero infection” policy that was practiced in the country due to a protest that broke out against the policy. At the same time, the Chinese government announced that as of January 8, 2023, it will open the country’s borders and allow Chinese citizens to go abroad. According to a study conducted by professionals in Hong Kong and published in a scientific bulletin, the Chinese government’s decision to immediately abandon the “zero infection” policy could lead to their death of about a million people.