Eyes COVID tests upon arrival as China cases surge ahead of PBBM trip The Philippines is planning to impose strict travel requirements on Chinese nationals visiting the country as COVID-19 cases in China surge one week before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is scheduled to go there on a state visit. OVERFLOW. This picture shows COVID-19 patients on gurneys at Tianjin First Center Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums after Beijing suddenly dismantled its COVID lockdown and testing regime. AFP “I...