The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it would not require travelers from China to produce a negative COVID-19 test, bucking a trend that saw many countries implement such measures as cases in China surged. Is.
New Zealand’s COVID-19 minister, Ayesha Veral, said in a statement that a public health risk assessment had concluded that visitors from China would not contribute significantly to the number of cases in the country.
“There is minimal public health risk to New Zealand,” she said.
Several countries, including Britain, the United States and Australia, have demanded that travelers to China have a negative COVID-19 test over concerns about the scale of the country’s outbreak and skepticism over Beijing’s health data. The move has been criticized by Chinese state-media as discriminatory.