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China slashes COVID quarantine time for international travellers
Quarantine at centralised facilities has been cut to seven days from 14, and subsequent at-home health monitoring has been reduced to three days from seven, the National Health Commission said in a statement.
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People queue to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site in Beijing on June 13, 2022. Beijing on June 13 launched mass testing in its most populous district and delayed most school reopenings, as residents' precarious return to normal life is threatened by a rapidly expanding outbreak. (AFP/Noel Cellis)
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span class="tr-strong">China on Tuesday slashed the quarantine time for inbound travellers by half in a major easing of one of the world's strictest COVID-19 curbs, which have deterred travel in and out of the country since 2020.
Quarantine at centralised facilities has been cut to seven days from 14, and subsequent at-home health monitoring has been reduced to three days from seven, the National Health Commission said in a statement.
The latest guidelines from the health authority also eased quarantine requirements for close contacts of people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus.
China has cautiously eased its COVID curbs on cross-border travellers in recent months, with health officials saying the shorter incubation period of the Omicron variant allows for an adjustment of quarantine periods.
The Chinese capital Beijing in recent months has already reduced the quarantine period at centralised facilities to 10 days from 14.
China, last month, also removed some COVID-19 test requirements for people flying in from countries such as the United States.
Stock markets rose in Hong Kong and the mainland, with the Hang Seng Index reversing losses and ticking up roughly 0.4 percent and the CSI300 Index gaining 0.7 percent.
