Airlines Slam ‘Knee-Jerk’ Covid Test Plan for Chinese Travelers

European Union Set to Ask Passengers From China to Take Covid Tests
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The airline industry’s global lobby group condemned national moves to introduce Covid tests and other measures for arrivals from China as travel from the Asia nation resumes despite a flareup in the virus.

The measures represent a knee-jerk reinstatement of steps that have proven ineffective in stemming the pandemic over the past three years, the International Air Transport Association said in a statement Wednesday.