UPDATE (December 12, 2022): Hong Kong further loosens quarantine requirements.According to anoticeposted on the Hong Kong government website, from Friday, December 9 onwards, the quarantine period for people infected with COVID-19 has been reduced from seven days to just five days. People that...
China has tightened testing and quarantine measures for international passengers arriving in the country to help curb the risk of imported COVID-19 cases and protect people's health and safety, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Friday. At a press briefing, Wang said China is facing incr...
China's "dynamic COVID zero" policy, which aims to minimise the risk of infected travellers arriving from abroad, has resulted in many barriers to international travel, from restrictions on the issue and renewal of passports for Chinese citizens to tough quarantin...
BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- After China downgraded its COVID management, a few of countries imposed entry restrictions on travelers from China. These discriminatory policies are futile for public health, detrimental to a global economic recovery and performative at best. The United States, Japan...
China has eased border entry restrictions for international students and business travelers starting on Wednesday as part of broader steps to facilitate greater cross-border travel and exchanges more than two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
What are the COVID-related requirements for entry to China? International travelers are no longer required to quarantine upon arrival in China or show a negative PCR test before boarding a China-bound flight. A negative rapid-test result is still recommended, however, in case you are checked ...
BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- After China downgraded its COVID management, a few of countries imposed entry restrictions on travelers from China. These discriminatory policies are futile for public health, detrimental to a global economic recovery and performative at best. ...
However, a few countries have imposed discriminatory entry requirements on travelers from China, which experts and scholars widely opposed. Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization, has urged countries to take science-based precautionary COVID-19 entry restrictions that...
All nucleic acid testing and COVID-19 monitoring requirements for imported cold-chain foods and non-cold-chain imported goods will be removed, according to the authority. On Jan. 8, China will downgrade its management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B, in accordance with the country's ...
Since the beginning of the year, China has adopted several measures, including scrapping all COVID-19 testing requirements and ceasing online visa appointments in favor of walk-in visa application services, to ensure smooth channels for foreigners traveling to the country....