A man takes his swab pattern for a nucleic acid for coronavirus disease at a booth, in Beijing, China, on Nov. 11, 2022. (Reuters/Tingshu Wang)
The resolution is described more as a factor of physical fitness than foreign policy. It also comes as other countries with similar coronavirus restrictions ease the rules.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES NEW COVID TESTING REQUIREMENT FOR TRAVELERS FROM CHINA
In late December, Biden’s management announced a new COVID-19 testing policy for travelers from China, just as the communist government rescinded its own strict COVID policies.
The new order from the U. S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)The U. S. Navy, which went into effect Jan. 5, required any traveler over the age of 2, from China or inside, besides Hong Kong and Macau, to be COVID-negative. 19 tests no more than two days before traveling to the United States.
Passengers dressed in face masks line up for a security check before entering a foreign gate at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing Capital on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Measures taken across the U. S. , Japan and others to impose COVID-19 testing on passengers arriving from China reflect global fears that new variants could also emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak, and the government would possibly not notify the rest of the world temporarily enough. (AP Photo/Andy Wong))
The CDC said at the time of the announcement that new restrictions were being imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the U. S. “Given the lack of sufficiently good and transparent viral epidemiological and genomic knowledge. “”
JAPAN TIGHTENS CORONAVIRUS MEASURES FOR TOURISTS FROM CHINA BY TESTING ONLY RANDOM PASSENGERS
When China canceled its “zero COVID” policy, federal fitness officials told reporters, there was a significant backlog of cases.
A week after the policy went into effect, the Chinese government declared that the death toll from COVID-19 is rising, updating an old official death toll of 47 to around 60,000.
Last week, Japan relaxed its coronavirus border measures for tourists from China, opting to check passengers at random.
Since December, Japan has been all travelers from China at 4 designated airports due to a surge in infections in the country and lack of information.
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White House officials did not respond to inquiries about the policy changes.
The Post said the United States had shown its safety in recent weeks with indications of deaths and infections.
Adam Shaw of Fox News contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking reporter for Fox News Digital.