Italy urges action at European level as more than 50% of recent arrivals from China test positive at Milan airport

Member states of the European Union are trying to find a joint stance on how to treat travellers entering the borderless Schengen area from China, after Italy urged the rest of the economic bloc to bring back anti-Covid checks in response to Beijing’s rapid rollback of its previously stringent hygiene restrictions.

Italy on Wednesday brought back mandatory coronavirus tests for all airline travellers arriving from China, after reports of rising infection rates in the world’s most populous country.

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