Sweden and Germany on Thursday said they would implement the recommendations and more countries in the EU are expected to do so soon
A coalition of airline and airport groups on Thursday criticized new recommendations asking for passengers flying from China to the European Union to show a negative COVID-19 test prior to boarding.
The ECDC last week said EU citizens had relatively high vaccination levels and the potential for imported infections was low compared to daily infections in the EU, with health care systems currently coping.
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