Countries with Entry Restrictions
All people traveling from China, regardless of nationality, are not allowed to enter the country.
Passengers from China are required to provide a negative nucleic acid from the prior 48 hours to enter.
Entry requires certification for two or more vaccine shots or a negative nucleic acid test report from within 72 hours.
All those who enter the country from China and those who have been to China within in the prior 10 days are required to present a negative COVID-19 test certificate (nucleic acid or antigen test within 48 hours before departure) or a recovery certificate before departure. However, travelers from China who transit in Greece are exempt from this requirement as recommended by international organizations and the European Union.
Travels to Japan who have been in China within the last 7 days will be subject to landing inspection when they enter Japan. If they test positive, they need to be quarantined for 7 days (temporarily free of charge).
From January 2 to February 28, 2023, there will be no increase of flights or passenger ships from China to South Korea. All personnel must undergo nucleic acid testing. From January 7th, visitors from Hong Kong and Macau to South Korea must show a negative nucleic acid certificate from within 48 hours or a non-domestic fast antigen test from within 24 hours.
A negative antigen test certificate must be entered into the quarantine information system before boarding the plane(QR-Code) to fill in the quarantine information.
Chinese tourists entering Thailand must be vaccinated with two or more COVID shots. They must also present a negative nucleic acid test result from with 48 hours or other proof of good health before entering the country.
All flights from China will have sewage samples taken from the aircraft, and all people with influenza-like or severe acute respiratory infections who have visited China in the past 14 days will need to undergo testing. All passengers arriving in Malaysia from abroad, including those from China, must undergo body temperature testing.
Passengers entering from China must submit a negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours before departure. Authorities will also implement random antigen screening on landing and require all passengers on the flight to wear masks.
All inbound travelers from China must provide a COVID negative certificate from within 48 hours before boarding. Australia is also considering implementing additional measures such as testing on-board waste and voluntary airport entry testing.
From January 5th, all children aged 2 and above from China must provide a negative COVID test result from within 48 hours before boarding.
Both rapid antigen detection and nucleic acid detection results are acceptable. Passengers who have tested positive within the prior 90 days may provide the airline with their prior positive test results. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, these temporary measures are valid for the next thirty days.
The British government announced on December 30th that starting from January 5th, 2023, passengers entering the UK from China must obtain a negative nucleic acid certificate before departure. From January 8th, the British Health and Safety Agency will also impose additional sampling and testing restrictions of Chinese passengers arriving in the UK.
However, the British newspaper ‘The Independent’ has claimed that Chinese passengers can refuse to accept the inspection when they arrive and can then proceed to directly leave the airport.
Passengers traveling from China to Spain must test negative COVID test results. They must also prove that they have completed their COVID vaccinations before entering the country.
Airlines can only carry foreign citizens from China who have tested negative for COVID before entering the country.
Airlines can only carry foreign citizens from China who have tested negative for COVID before entering the country.
Passengers traveling to India from China, Japan, South Korea, and passengers transiting from Singapore and Thailand to India must provide negative COVID test results from within the prior 72 hours before departure. If passengers from those countries end up testing positive or developing symptoms, they will be quarantined.
Belgium will test waste on incoming planes from China. Passengers who develop symptoms within 7 days of entering the country need to self-test to see if they are infected. However, this measure will not be enforced.
Countries Without Travel Restrictions
The Germans express opposition to the implementation of special measures against the epidemic in China.
They will continue to pay attention to the epidemic situation in China and believe that it is necessary to track the trend of the situation and make corresponding countermeasures, but it is currently not necessary to restrict entry.
Nucleic acid testing will not be implemented nor will flight bans be implemented in the future. According to the State Ministry of Health, there is no indication that China is a virus mutation zone.
Cambodia will not take any epidemic prevention and restriction measures against Chinese tourists. Chinese tourists are welcome to come to Cambodia.
Airports Association International: European Chapter
The Airports Association International European Chapter said that the implementation of special quarantine requirements of the European Union and many countries around the world towards Chinese travelers does not match up with the science and experience accumulated since the start of the pandemic. The evidence does not support these policies.
