The Chinese authorities sharply criticized COVID-19 testing necessities imposed on guests from China and threatened countermeasures towards international locations concerned, which embrace the U.S. and a number of other European nations.

“We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning mentioned at a day by day briefing Tuesday.

“We are firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the COVID measures for political purposes and will take countermeasures based on the principle of reciprocity,” she mentioned. Mao didn’t specify what steps China would possibly take.