Beijing Extends Migrant Quarantine Period To 21 Days

Illustration (Photo: M. Irfan Ilmie / Antara)

JAKARTA - The Beijing City Health Authority issued a policy of extending the quarantine period for all migrants in China to a total of 21 days.

The policy was taken after there were two imported cases of COVID-19, according to local media reports, Tuesday, December 22.

As reported by Antara, Wednesday, December 23, Liu Xiaofeng, Deputy Director of the Center for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (CDC), reminded anyone who wants to enter Chinese territory to take an IgM test and swab test in their country of origin and choose direct flights without transiting in third country or region.

In addition, they are also required to quarantine for 14 + 7 days.

Previously in Beijing there were positive cases of COVID-19 in two foreigners who had been quarantined for 14 days in another city in China.

The two men then stayed at a hotel in Beijing and that's when the swab test results showed positive so they were immediately rushed to the hospital.

The hotel in Chaoyang District and several shops in its vicinity were closed after several hotel staff and shop assistants came into close contact with the two positive patients who stayed at the hotel on December 14-18.

The community and workers living in the vicinity of the hotel have also been tested for mass wiping.