Italian health authorities will start testing all travelers arriving from China for Covid after discovering the virus in nearly half of the travelers on two flights to Milan. According to a statement from the Health Ministry, the nation is currently sequencing those tests to check if any new variants are emerging from China. Officials may place harsher restrictions on travel from China if a new strain is discovered. Since the Chinese government abandoned its tight zero-Covid policy, the virus has been spreading there. Many nations have started to think about new limitations on immigration from the country as a result of uncertainty over the spread's size. Sebastian Guelde, a spokesman for the Health Ministry, stated that health authorities in Germany are "closely watching" the circumstances in China.

Key Points

• Italian health authorities will start testing all travelers arriving from China for Covid after discovering the virus in nearly half of the travelers on two flights to Milan.

• According to a statement from the Health Ministry, the nation is currently sequencing those tests to check if any new variants are emerging from China.