The director of the World Health Organisation's Europe office said Tuesday that the agency sees “no immediate threat" for the European region from a COVID-19 outbreak in China, but more information is needed.
China is battling a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions.
Hans Kluge said that, based on the information WHO had received from china, there was no threat, but more detailed and regular information was required from China to monitor the evolving situation.
“We cannot be complacent,” he added.
Several countries have imposed COVID-19 testing requirements on Chinese travellers.
Australia and Canada require travellers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to boarding their flight. Other countries including the U.S., India, Japan, South Korea and several European nations have announced tougher COVID-19 measures on travellers from China amid concerns over a lack of data on infections in China and fears that new variants may emerge.
China has threated to retaliate against countries that require travellers from China to show a negative test result for COVID-19 taken within the previous 48 hours.