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China lifted this Sunday (01.08.2023) the imposition of making a mandatory quarantine for international travelersending nearly three years of self-isolation, even as the country battles a new explosion of infections.
Last month, Beijing began to dismantle the restrictive “zero covid-19” strategy, based on lockdowns, mass tests and quarantines, which allowed the virus to be contained, but also slowed down the economy and provoked major protests.
Thus, passengers arriving in China from this Sunday They must not comply with a mandatory quarantine.
Since March 2020, people entering the Asian giant had to isolate themselves in government facilities, first for a period of three weeks, which was later reduced to five days in November.
After the announcement of the measure, the chinese began to buy trips abroad en massedespite the fact that the world’s most populous country is facing its worst epidemic outbreak to date.
The expected rebound in visitors from China led many countries to impose mandatory virus testing
The situation is expected to worsen ahead of the Chinese New Year celebration at the end of the month, which will drive millions of people from urban areas to travel to rural areas to visit relatives.
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