herman kraft, the department _ of that agenda. herman kraft, the department of— of that agenda.nce at the university of philippines. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. thank you. the european commission says there's majority support for eu—wide travel restrictions for people arriving from china amid a surge of covid cases there. beijing has threatened reciprocal action against countries that impose restrictions. the picture in shanghai is getting worse — officials there say that cases in the city are up to 30 times higher than the previous wave, and that 70% of residents may have contracted the illness. all of this comes as covid continues to spread globally, and reports of rising concern over a new variant. i spoke to professor andy pekocz, a virologist atjohns hopkins university in the us and asked him if he thought the restrictions on chinese travellers actually work. where much better off focusing on the core problem, but we really want to know it's more about the types of variants circling in china and things we can do to help get a better insight into that is real