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Guangzhou reported Thursday that an international inbound traveler has tested positive for COVID-19. Today, the government announced new measures on quarantine.

On August 12, Tianhe District of Guangzhou reported that an international inbound traveler has tested positive for COVID-19. Here are some details about it.

Facts

Mr. Zheng, a 24-year-old overseas student, living in Yuandong Building (远东大厦), Tianhebei Community, Linhe Street, tested positive today. On July 24, Zheng flied back to China from the UK and arrived at Baiyun International Airport. He was then transferred to a designated hotel in Foshan for a 14-day centralized quarantine. At the end of the quarantine on August 8, he was transferred to Yuandong Building, Tianhebei Community, Linhe Street, Tianhe District for a 7-day home monitoring, and his PCR test result on that day was negative. Currently, he has been transferred to No.8 People’s Hospital of Guangzhou for isolation and medical treatment.

Travel history

On August 7, Mr. Zheng was discharged from centralized quarantine in Foshan Jintaiyang Hotel, and was transferred to a designated point on the square of Guangzhou Railway Station at 10:20. His father picked him up at 10:30 and sent him to Yuandong Building.

On August 8, Mr. Zheng reported to Tianhebei Community Committee at 13:41 and then went to Linhe Community Health Service Center (林和社区卫生服务中心) to receive a PCR test, the result of which was negative. He went to Dawang Supermarket (大旺生活超市) on the ground floor of his building to buy daily necessities at 15:01 and shopped in Fengsui Hardware Store (丰穗五金店) at 16:20.

At 11:15 of August 9, he bought breakfast (soybean milk) in Panjianping Bun Shop (潘剑平包子店) in a building nearby and returned home.

On August 10, he stayed at home for all day long.

On August 11, he stayed at home but developed fever at nighttime, and tested positive for COVID-19 at 21:00.

According to preliminary information, the patient has performed personal protective measures, such as wearing a mask, when going out during the home monitoring period.

To protect the health of residents, Tianhe District has put Yuandong Building and other key sites to a temporary full lockdown, and immediately conducted universal PCR testing in the partially lockdown areas.

According to a press conference held by Guangzhou government today, the case relates to the Delta variant. All close contacts have been tested negative.

Starting from Friday, Guangzhou will adjust exit-entry policy and adopt extra quarantine measures.

All passengers inbound for China are being required to undergo an additional week of quarantine at home after completing two weeks of quarantine at designated hotels.

The passengers will not be allowed to leave home during the second quarantine, said Chen Bin, deputy director of Guangzhou’s health commission.

Previously, inbound passengers were required to stay at home for a week of monitoring after having completed two weeks of quarantine in designated hotels, but they were allowed to leave home as needed.

We will keep following the updates on the latest pandemic prevention & control measures and entry-related policies. Stay tuned!

If you have any questions about coming to China, please feel free to contact HACOS!

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Attention! Guangzhou to Tighten Control & Prevention Measures

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Guangzhou has issued a new notice on tightening control and prevention measures. Let’s check the details and get well-prepared for your business and daily life.

At the moment, COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread overseas, and local clusters of infections have appeared in many provinces and cities in China. According to the National Health Commission’s daily report, 108 new locally transmitted cases were reported on Monday.

In order to improve the control and prevention work and protect the health and safety of the public, Guangzhou issued the Notice on Tightening Control and Prevention Measures (No.25).

1. Strengthen personal protection

Citizens are asked to continue to strengthen their awareness of personal protection, and assume primary responsibility for their own health.

Good practices such as wearing masks, washing hands frequently, maintaining good ventilation, using public chopsticks, reducing gatherings, and consciously keeping a safe social distance should continue.

Citizens should take the initiative to conduct self-health monitoring.

When symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, decreased sense of smell and taste, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, conjunctivitis, myalgia, diarrhea occur, you should avoid taking public transportation and immediately go to the nearest medical institutions that have fever clinics (treatment rooms); inform truthful epidemiological history, and cooperate with the nucleic acid testing.

Citizens should actively follow control and prevention requirements such as temperature measurement and displaying health code when visiting or entering sites.

Do not leave the province for non-essential reasons, and avoid going to medium- and high-risk areas or lockdown or partially lockdown areas. Eligible persons should get vaccinated to build a herd immune barrier.

2. Tighten measures to prevent inbound cases

The government will continue to strictly enforce the national and provincial control and prevention policies. Closed-loop management of inbound personnel will continue to be in operation.

Personnel entering China from ports in Guangzhou should cooperate with measures such as inspection at the port, closed-loop transport to facilities, centralized quarantine, release of quarantine and community health monitoring management.

Personnel in high-risk positions such as ports staff should live in a centralized residence and only travel between workplace and residence. Imported goods must be thoroughly inspected and disinfected.

3. Tighten community control and prevention measures

Citizens who meet the following conditions should immediately report to their employers, property management services, hotels, or community (village), and actively cooperate with the community “three-person team” to carry out investigations, nucleic acid testing, quarantine or health monitoring and other measures:

Have come (returned) from medium and high-risk areas, lockdown or partially lockdown areas in the past 14 days, and cities where the above areas are located (hereinafter referred to as key areas);
With health code which is not “green”.

Those who have come (returned) from key areas outside the province in the past 14 days should take the initiative to take a nucleic acid test as soon as possible.

4. Tighten the control and prevention measures of key places

Tourist attractions, restaurants, shopping malls, supermarkets and places that are likely to draw crowds, cinemas and other enclosed places, elderly care institutions, maternal and child service institutions and other special places must strictly implement measures including temperature measurement, check codes, and visitors must wear masks.

The number of visitors should be controlled; the business places must keep clean, and ensure ventilation and disinfection.

Staff health management should be in place and promote control and prevention knowledge; electronic payment is encouraged.

5. Tighten the control and prevention measures of transport hubs

Highways, railways, airports, ports and docks management entities should divert people traffic to avoid crowds, and carefully check passenger information.

Citizens taking subways must take temperature measurements, display codes, and wear masks. Citizens taking buses must take temperature measurements and wear masks.

At Baiyun Airport and railway stations (Guangzhou Station, Guangzhou East Station, Guangzhou South Station, and Guangzhou North Station, Shengqing Station, Xintang Station, etc.), passengers taking taxis or online car-hailing services must show their codes and wear masks.

People who are not “Green Code” holders are not allowed to take public transportation. Staff should also take personal protection.

6. Identify control and prevention responsibilities

Party and government agencies, enterprises and institutions at all levels should strengthen the reporting system for leaving the province.

Employees should not leave the province for non-essential reasons. Employee’s health monitoring should be stepped up. Employees and their families should report to their employers or the community when returning from other provinces to Guangzhou.

Personnel entry and exit registration should be carried out to reduce gathering.

Schools of all levels and types (including kindergartens) should make early plans for teachers and students’ returning to school; training institutions should strictly implement epidemic control and prevention measures.

Large-scale events should not be hosted for non-essential reasons, and if they must be held, then whoever hosts the event assumes the primary responsibility.

The control and prevention emergency response plan shall be formulated before the event, and large-scale events to be attended by people from other cities shall be suspended or postponed.

Medical clinics and pharmacies should serve as “sentinel sites” and medical institutions at all levels must prevent hospital infections.

All kinds of travel agencies should suspend organizing tours to other provinces and receiving tours from other provinces from today. Persons who have traveled to medium-to-high-risk areas, lockdown and partially lockdown areas, and other epidemic-related areas within the past 14 days are not allowed to sign up for intra-provincial tours and intra-city tours.

The above control and prevention measures are adjusted on an on-going basis of risk assessments. This notice has been implemented since Sunday. Please take care and get well-prepared for your business and daily life under the new measures.

We will keep following the updates on the latest pandemic prevention & control measures and entry-related policies. Stay tuned!

If you have any questions about coming to China, please feel free to contact HACOS!

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Flight, Railway and Road Services Suspended in These Areas!

China’s transport authorities are discouraging travel with the aim of containing the spread of COVID-19 with a series of strict measures. Please stay safe and avoid nonessential travel.

China’s transport authorities are discouraging travel with the aim of containing the spread of COVID-19, including suspending services in risky areas, offering ticket refunds and strengthening the management of front-line workers.

Strict Front-line Staff Management

The regulators of the civil aviation, railway and road services sectors have intensified protocols to manage staff who have direct contact with international business, strengthened inspections in transport hubs and enhanced the examination of passengers’ health status.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China is requiring all front-line workers dealing with international routes to have a nucleic acid test every two days. Other staff members are required to take tests twice a week, with a gap of more than one day between each test.

Han Guangzu, deputy director of CAAC’s flight standards department, said that to avoid transmission of the novel coronavirus, the same workers cannot be used to provide services to domestic and international flights at the same time.

Staff who serve international passenger flights are required to provide services and rest in a certain area and take designated transport vehicles when commuting. Staff in the global freight sector are required to work and rest in a certain area and operate the same equipment.

Han said stricter “closed-circuit” measures for front-line airport and airline workers have also been introduced, which could result in them spending time in quarantine and being kept from their families and communities.

He said a new epidemic control guideline requires stricter health monitoring of contract workers who provide services for international flights, such as airport cleaners and porters. All such workers must report their health status every day, and wear protective clothing and equipment when carrying out their duties.

Free Ticket-refund Policy

The administration has asked airline companies to offer a free ticket-refund policy.

The policy applies to all domestic flights between Aug 4 and 31, but does not apply to passengers who returned their tickets before Aug 4. Railways have also offered refunds.

Adjusted Railway Services

National railway operator China State Railway Group has suspended railway services to Beijing from medium- and high-risk areas, including Nanjing and Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, and Zhengzhou in Henan province.

It has also asked railway stations in different places to follow local epidemic control protocols, such as requiring passengers to show a negative result for a nucleic acid test taken in the previous 48 hours before they are allowed to board a train.

Wu Shiping, an official from China State Railway Group, said isolation seats will be provided on trains. If passengers feel unwell on board, they will be placed in isolation seats and go through disinfection, and then be handed over to an epidemic control department at the next stop.

Adjusted Cross-city Road Measures

Cross-city bus, taxi and ride-hailing services have been suspended in high- and medium-risk areas, the Ministry of Transport said.

Li Huaqiang, deputy director of the ministry’s transportation department, said front-line workers who have direct contact with international cargo businesses must have more frequent nucleic acid tests and implement a “closed-circuit” work schedule.

Upgraded Measures at Airport

Airports in many cities have further strengthened the prevention and control measures forcrew personnel and passengers.

For example, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport requires all arrivals to show their health codes and negative certificats for nucleic acid test administered within 48 hours when entering.

We will keep following the updates on the latest pandemic prevention & control measures and entry-related policies. Stay tuned!

If you have any questions about coming to China, please feel free to contact HACOS!

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Measures Tightened! Cities Step Up Efforts to Contain Outbreak

Many Chinese cities have upgraded measures, including multiple rounds of nucleic acid testing and travel curbs, to contain the latest COVID-19 outbreaks. Let’s check if you have any travel plan in recent days.

LATEST SITUATION

The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 61 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.

Of the locally transmitted cases, 45 were reported in Jiangsu, six in Hunan, three in Hubei, two each in Henan and Yunnan, and one each in Beijing, Shanghai and Fujian, according to the commission.

Also reported were 29 new imported cases, of which eight were reported in Yunnan, six in Guangdong, three each in Tianjin, Shanghai and Sichuan, two each in Jiangsu and Shaanxi, and one each in Fujian and Shandong.

No new suspected cases or deaths related to COVID-19 were reported in the day, the commission added.

UPDATES ON MEASURES

China’s current COVID-19 prevention measures are still effective while the recent local outbreak in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, may spread to more areas, a health official said on Saturday.

Amid the latest COVID-19 surge with the Delta variant, more and more cities have adopted stricter prevention and control measures.

Guangzhou

According to Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), those who came to Guangzhou within the past 14 days shall take the nucleic acid testing.

Arrivals to GZ and other cities in Guangdong province who have been to cities that have recently reported COVID-19 cases should report to their communities of residence as soon as possible, and undergo a 14-day quarantine or medical observation.

Starting from August 2, every individual entering Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport terminals must have their health code inspected at the entrance by providing valid ID (including ID card, passport, etc.), and their temperature measured as well.

Baiyun airport has recently set up anti-pandemic checkpoints at all entrances of the terminals. Passengers with Chinese ID card are eligible to go through automated channel with a wipe on the machine.

Others passengers can opt for human inspection with a passport or “permit for commuting between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong and Macao”.

Shanghai

Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport have strengthened epidemic prevention and control measures following the recent outbreak of coronavirus in east China’s Nanjing.

Staff members were arranged to check the health code of all passengers arriving in Shanghai one by one. The health declaration desks were set up in airports for passengers to declare on their own initiative.

Macao

Arrivals to Macao who have been to the following places within the past 14 days are required to undergo a 14-day medical observation.

For more measures launched in Chinese cities, please check the latest updates of local news.

We will keep following the updates on the latest pandemic prevention & control measures and entry-related policies. Stay tuned!

If you have any questions about coming to China, please feel free to contact HACOS!

Measures Tightened! Cities Step Up Efforts to Contain Outbreak

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