China has recently announced it is abandoning its zero-COVID policy, prompting fears in some countries that massive numbers of travelers will spread the disease.
The UK's response to China opening up overseas travel is "under review", the defense secretary says.
Ben Wallace made the comments after a government spokesperson said there were no plans to introduce mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals to the UK from China, and a series of countries imposed controls.
The news follows China announcing that it was abandoning its COVID-zero policy and was preparing to reopen its borders in January. There are fears that the end of almost three years of strict measures in the country of 1.4 billion people could result in a massive spread of the disease worldwide.
Health minister Will Quince admitted that people "will be concerned by the news coming out of China" but he added: "The key thing to look out for is a new variant, and there is no evidence of a new variant that is not already prevalent in the UK - but we are keeping the situation under review.
" He also said Health Secretary Steve Barclay has met the head of the UK Health Security Agency, Dame Jenny Harries, and the chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty to discuss the situation. The European Union's Health Security Committee has called for the bloc's member states to coordinate and roll out joint measures against COVID-19 as China reopens its borders.
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