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Airline group IATA slams COVID restrictions on travellers from China

Reuters WORLD
Published January 04,2023
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Passengers of a flight from China walk towards the COVID-19 testing centre after arriving at the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023. (AFP)

The head of the world's biggest airline trade body criticised travel restrictions against travellers from China in a statement published on Wednesday, arguing that such measures had proven to be ineffective in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

"It is extremely disappointing to see this knee-jerk reinstatement of measures that have proven ineffective over the last three years," said IATA director general Willie Walsh.