When Milan started testing arrivals from China for COVID amid the country’s explosive virus spread, it found that about half of the travelers on two flights had the virus.
That prompted Italy, the first European country to be hit hard by the pandemic in 2020, to impose mandatory COVID testing on all passengers from China and sequence the Milan tests to screen for possible new variants.
But Italy hit a wall when it tried to pressure the European Union (EU) to follow its approach.
The 27-member bloc couldn’t agree on a course of action when it held talks on Thursday morning, but promised to continue discussions for a common action….