Australian government announces COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers from China from January 5Travellers from China to Australia will be required to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test and show evidence of a negative result, the government has announced.Key points:- Travellers from China to Australia will need to show evidence of a negative COVID-19 test prior to departure- Australia is the latest country to impose testing requirements on travellers from China- It comes as cases in China skyrocket, and amid concerns about a lack of information about the situation thereChina has seen skyrocketing COVID case numbers, and a range of other countries including the United Kingdom, the United States and France have also imposed testing requirements.Travellers from China will be required to undertake a test within 48 hours prior to travel and show evidence of a negative result."We know there are many many hundreds of thousands of Chinese Australians who have been unable to see family and friends for months — and, in some cases, years — and their ability to do that over the coming period will be a matter of considerable joy for them, particularly as we head into the Lunar New Year period," he said."There are concerns, in an environment of cases spreading so quickly, about the possibility of the emergence of a new variant," he said."