According to the information service of the mobile application “Russia-China: the main thing”, Lipkin noted that, from his point of view, the requirements will not lead to a fundamental change in the epidemic situation in the United States. The WHO epidemiologist, Maria van Kerkhove, in turn, highlighted that the XBB.1.5 subvariant of the omicron strain is the most common in New York and other cities in the United States.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, now 40 percent of cases living in the US are infected with the XBB.1.5 strain. It has now become the main strain of coronavirus circulating in the country.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that epidemic prevention measures in all countries should be based on a scientific approach and be the same for everyone regardless of people’s citizenship. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin expressed his hope that all countries will join forces in fighting the pandemic and restore the world economy.
Let us remember that the EU considered that there is no need to carry out COVID-19 tests on arrivals from China. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said that strains common in China have previously been reported in EU countries, so they do not pose a threat to the immune systems of EU citizens.
