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Q: As the COVID-19 epidemic is spreading in the ROK, Japan and other countries, Beijing and Shandong have tightened health regulation of personnel entering the city. Beijing decided that those who come from or have been to severely affected regions overseas are required to receive a 14-day quarantine. Does it signal that China has upgraded its restrictions on foreigners entering the country?

A: As the fight has come to a crucial stage at home, all in China are strictly on guard against rebounding of COVID-19 cases. In response to the spread of the epidemic outside China, the Beijing municipality strengthens health management of personnel entering the city. Those who come from or have been to severely affected regions overseas are required to receive a 14-day medical observation at home or in designated places. Meanwhile, foreign nationals in Beijing also need to obey community health management in a bid to guard against the epidemic.

I want to stress that the prevention and control regulations adopted by Beijing and other localities apply to all those who come from or have been to severely affected regions overseas, Chinese and foreign nationals alike. WHO experts point out that the strategies and tactics China has taken, quarantine included, prove correct and successful, yielding remarkable effects in slowing the epidemic spread and preventing human-to-human transmission.

These unusual measures at this unusual time have gained understanding and support from the Chinese people, and we believe relevant countries will understand and cooperate, too. China stands ready to take collaborated control and prevention measures with relevant countries to better protect the safety and health of Chinese and foreign nationals.

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