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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Thursday three additional deaths and 103 new cases in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 25 additional deaths and 3,968 new cases countywide.
China, they've posted 412 in the past six months. that means that or it seems to mean there are things happening in china that we don't know about. the that's the worry. the unknown, really, is the worry. jessica? >> absolutely. we know that the response from the u.s. and some much these other countries has been to implement these new testing requirements. is there any indication of how effective this is going to be? >> reporter: it is not fool proof. the hope here is at the very least with genomic testing that they will catch a new variant before it takes off. let's take a look at what the ru...
Overnight south korea and spain joined the growing list of countries adding testing requirements or restrictions. the u.s. and italy also among them. despite italy's pleas, the larger european union not getting on board. the european cdc is calling new restrictions unjustified and said the surge in china's covid cases is not going to have a significant impact on europe. back here in the u.s. there is renewed concerns about the omicron subvariants developing globally and taking route in the u.s. elizabeth cohen is joining us now with details. elizabeth, it was about a year ago we were all say...
To put the extra restrictions in saying they felt that it was unfair. also in a statement from the ministry of foreign affairs saying that all parties need to work together scientifically against the epidemic to ensure the safe movement of people between countries. now of course that is ironic considering china has had among the most stringent and long-lasting restrictions when it comes to mass testing, lockdowns, border closures since the pandemic began. the u. smt is just one of many countries around the world adding testing requirements for all travelers from china. you have japan, taiwan, ...
With connections in certain cities and those tested positive in ten days. basically, they're putting testing requirements in. we are back with the panel, kimberly, this is a serious situation. we are where we are in the u.s. about covid but there are concerns from the cdc and others about new variance because of this now open-policy in china after being completely closed. >> they can put these travel requirements on. what we know from having them on previously is they don't stop from moving from country to country around the globe, that shows why china has a lot to answer for because it was no...