This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Test all passengers from China for Covid.
Ensure that any passengers on flights from the Chinese mainland have a negative Covid test before they are permitted into the United Kingdom
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It is basic hygiene to prevent any new variants of Covid from being introduced into the UK.
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Since you started your petition the Government has announced that passengers arriving from China to England will need to show a negative COVID-19 pre-departure test taken no more than 2 days prior to departure.
In addition, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is launching surveillance which will see a sample of passengers arriving in England from mainland China tested for COVID-19 at the point of their arrival.
You can find out more about these measures here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/precautionary-and-temporary-measures-introduced-to-improve-covid-surveillance-from-china
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