BREAKING: China Shortens Quarantine to 5+3 for ALL Cities - Chengdu Expat | Chengdu-Expat.com

BREAKING: China Shortens Quarantine to 5+3 for ALL Cities - Chengdu Expat | Chengdu-Expat.com

GOOD NEWS!

• China’s State Council has released 20 new guidelines to further optimize epidemic prevention and control work, with the most noticeable ones reducing the quarantine period for international arrivals to 5+3, cancellation of the circuit breaker mechanism, and only 1 pre-departure test.

During the home quarantine, you will have 2 nucleic acid tests on the 1st and 3rd day.

There will be no medium-risk areas, only high and low risk areas.

While Beijing continues to insist on a tough “dynamic zero-Covid” policy, it has been sending signals that border controls could gradually be eased.

As of June 20, foreign nationals have been allowed to visit immediate Chinese family members or foreigners with permanent residency, and they no longer have to produce an invitation letter from a provincial-level authority when seeking an employment visa.

In positive developments, China has shortened the suspension time for inbound international flights on routes to have COVID-19 cases, various Chinese airlines have been busy restarting their international services, and prices (finally) dropping as a result.

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Chinese health officials reiterated adherence to the dynamic zero-COVID strategy amid severe epidemic risks at a press conference on Saturday. In response to the problem of excessive and one-size-fits-all epidemic prevention and control measures in some parts of the country during recent flare-ups, officials urged serious rectification and vowed to hold those who fail to implement full rectifications accountable according to the law.

During the Saturday press conference held in Beijing, Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission, stressed that China will continue to maintain its dynamic zero-COVID strategy as the country still faces the dual risks of imported cases and domestic community transmission. nThe epidemic prevention and control situation remains severe, Mi noted.

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