"I don’t think it’s likely the UK will get any public health benefit from this measure,” said Professor Mark Woolhouse of Edinburgh University. “This can only have been done for political reasons.”

He was backed by Professor Paul Hunter of the University of East Anglia: “Point-of-entry and point-of-exit screening for serious infections have been shown – on many occasions – to be ineffective at controlling diseases. This has been demonstrated by studies that were carried out before and after the emergence of Covid-19. One study suggested that about 60% of cases are missed this way. This isn’t going to protect the UK population because it isn’t going to stop the spread. So it is hard to see what will be gained by imposing these tests.”

This point was backed by Woolhouse: “Another reason for imposing the tests has focused on the need to track potentially dangerous new Covid variants. But we already know of one that is spreading rapidly in the US. Variant XBB.1.5 now accounts for about 40% of cases there but no one here seems worried about it. Instead, a lot of noise is being made about hypothetical variants emerging in China.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... scientists

This point was backed by Woolhouse: “Another reason for imposing the tests has focused on the need to track potentially dangerous new Covid variants. But we already know of one that is spreading rapidly in the US. Variant XBB.1.5 now accounts for about 40% of cases there but no one here seems worried about it. Instead, a lot of noise is being made about hypothetical variants emerging in China.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... scientists

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:06 am Morocco has the right idea.
if you have been to China, your not welcome!!!

All travelers arriving from China, regardless of their nationalities, will be banned from entering Morocco starting January 3.

In a statement issued on Saturday, Morocco’s foreign affairs ministry said "all travelers arriving from China, regardless of their nationalities, will be banned from entering Morocco starting January 3." The decision comes on the backdrop of the rising number of COVID-19 infections in the Asian country.

The ministry explained that it had been closely monitoring the development of the COVID situation in China, adding that the decision to stop the inflow of travelers intends to “avoid a new COVID-19 outbreak in Morocco and the repercussions such an event would entail.”

“The decision will enter into force starting January 3, 2023, until further notice,” the statement adds.

https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/1 ... -january-3

love to see Thailand follow suit, but as China made up over 28% of international arrival's in 2019
Money talks!!

BUT they are telling workers to get a new booster>
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... rism-staff
dont they realize that the shots DONT stop you for catching covid, only makes it less likely u will die.