The Latest Breaking News on China fuels global surge in mpox cases as LGBTQ+ stigma hampers response

The British government previously ruled out testing at borders, unlike the US, Italy and Japan, and could be putting the public’s health at risk as a result once again

The US, Italy, India, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan all announced mandatory tests for passengers arriving from China, after Beijing said it is to reopen its borders next week

The USA and Italy are among several nations to impose restrictions around travellers arriving from China

Australian health authorities are being urged to keep a close eye on possible new COVID-19 variants coming out of China as cases spike.

London (AFP) - Stock markets mostly rose in Europe and the United States but sank in Asia on Thursday as investors weighed the economic impact of China's Covid surge as the country reopens.

China may be reopening, allowing its 1.4 billion people to come and go largely without restrictions, but just as it is, a slew of other countries are tightening measures for travelers from the world’s second-biggest economy, concerned the tsunami of virus cases there may spawn new COVID variants.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the possibility of imposing restrictions on visitors from the East Asian country was ‘under review’.

British government hints it could join US and Italy in imposing restrictions

Italy imposes mandatory testing for air passengers from China, but other EU countries seem reluctant to follow suit.

Britain had said there were 'no plans' to slap new rules on arrivals from China, but Defence Secretary Ben Wallace revealed the government 'is now going to keep that under review'

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