Air passengers arriving from China will need to show a negative Covid-19 test to enter the Netherlands from next week, the Dutch health ministry said on Friday.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands –
The Dutch measures, which will come into force on Tuesday, are in line with European Union recommendations, the ministry said. EU experts on Wednesday “strongly encouraged” the bloc’s 27 member states to demand Covid tests from people on flights from China and conduct random tests on arrivals. “The government is also studying the feasibility of analysing waste water from the toilets on flights from China,” Kuipers said.
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