New testing of travellers from China……farcical.

Old post, not sure why it has been revived.

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It is the risk of a new, virulent variant that concerns the public health medics. China unlocked is a giant Petrie dish so the chance of a new variant causing serious infections is higher than it was before they unlocked. Xi only unlocked because of public disturbances. If Chinese streets had remained quiet I doubt he would have abandoned their zero Covid policy so quickly.

As far as I am aware it is not necessary to isolate if you test positive for Covid at the moment in the U.K.

I understood that random testing of travellers from China was to screen to see if any new variants had emerged.

Are they not planning to test waste water from planes coming from China to help discover if there are new variants? I read that somewhere this week, but unfortunately can't remember where.

I guess testing will help identify any new variants coming from China.