COVID is out of control in communist China, a favorite of the Democrats. So what does Joe Biden do? Starting January 5th, people coming here from China will be required to show a negative COVID test in order to enter the United States. When Trump restricted travel from China at the very beginning of the COVID 19 outbreak, he was called racist, xenophobic and other nasty insults the left and their state run media could come up with.
So what does this make Joe Biden?
The Biden administration announced new testing requirements Wednesday for travelers coming to the U.S. from China — a response to soaring Covid infections in China and a sign of increased worry about the potential emergence of new variants.
Beginning Jan. 5, anyone older than 2 years old arriving from China, Hong Kong or Macau will need to show a negative result from a Covid-19 test taken within two days of their flight. The requirement applies to all passengers regardless of nationality or vaccination status, those connecting through other countries, and people transferring through U.S. airports to other destinations.
The move comes after the Chinese government ended its strict Covid-zero policy — hinged to mass testing, tracing and lockdowns — on Dec. 7 following mass protests in November fueled by anger about the strategy. Since then, the Chinese government has stopped publicly releasing data about infections, narrowed the definition of what constitutes Covid deaths and has downplayed anecdotal reports of a surge in Covid fatalities.
In addition to passengers coming directly from China, people arriving from South Korea’s Incheon International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport and Vancouver International Airport will be required to provide negative Covid-19 tests two days before flying to the U.S. if they’ve been in China within the past 10 days.