From 8 January, travellers arriving from overseas will no longer be required to quarantine in China.
It's another step in the move away from the country's zero-COVID policy.China will stop requiring foreign travellers to go into quarantine from 8 January, as itUntil Monday's announcement, strict requirements on inbound travellers remained in place, including five days of mandatory quarantine at a government-supervised facility and three more of isolation at home.
While China downgrades its management, the National Health Commission said epidemic prevention and control protocols at key institutions such as elderly care institutions would be strengthened. In cases of severe outbreaks, a facility will adopt so-called "closed management" to prevent the spread of infections, the National Health Commission said.China said it will also increase the vaccination rate among the elderly and promote second doses for people at high risk of severe illness.
In the same announcement, the authority said work and business visas for foreigners to come to China would be improved and facilitated. Three years of zero-tolerance measures have battered China's economy, fuelling the mainland's biggest show of public discontent since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012.
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