China plans to cut quarantine for travelers from next monthChina currently requires travelers to quarantine at a hotel or other facility for at least the first five days after arrival. Those with a ...
23 Dec, 2022, 10.20 AM IST
Why are China's COVID rules so strict?China has in place many other regulations that would be familiar to most from the early months of the pandemic. Social distancing is encour...
30 Nov, 2022, 08.20 AM IST
China eases quarantine rules for foreign travellers, flight bans in Covid Zero pivotTravelers into China will now be required to spend five days in a hotel or government quarantine facility, followed by three days confined ...
11 Nov, 2022, 11.40 AM IST
China may soon shorten quarantine for inbound travellers: SourcesUnder the new rule, arrivals would need to spend five days in a quarantine facility and a further two or three days at home, one of the sou...
04 Nov, 2022, 05.52 PM IST
China considers reducing COVID quarantine for visitorsCurrently, China requires travelers to isolate for 10 days on entry into the country, with seven days in a hotel room, followed by three da...
20 Oct, 2022, 11.29 AM IST
China halves quarantine time for overseas travellersThe new guideline cuts the length of mandatory quarantine for overseas travellers to seven days plus three more of home monitoring -- a dra...
29 Jun, 2022, 12.10 PM IST
China slashes Covid quarantine time for international travellersQuarantine at centralised facilities has been cut to seven days from 14, and subsequent at-home health monitoring has been reduced to three...
28 Jun, 2022, 02.03 PM IST
Hong Kong to allow residents of mainland to vote in electionHong Kong authorities will set up polling stations at the border with mainland China to allow Hong Kongers living there to vote during upco...
23 Nov, 2021, 10.20 AM IST
Chinese city extends COVID-19 quarantine to 21 days as infections increaseDalian is requiring people who pose a greater risk, such as those arriving from overseas and those who have visited venues linked to existi...
04 Jan, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Commerce Ministry asks Shipping Ministry to reduce quarantine period for vessels arriving from ChinaIn March, the Directorate General of Shipping had issued an advisory to ports for handling vessels, under which it had instructed that ship...
08 Nov, 2020, 01.53 PM IST
With robots serving meals & ghostly figures in hazmat suits, quarantine in China looks like a scene from sci-fi horror filmAuthorities have taken steps to ensure that people do not break rules.
05 May, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
14-day incubation period debunked: Researchers say coronavirus may start showing symptoms in 5 daysThey said most of the cases involved travel to or from Wuhan, China.
12 Mar, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
Cost of a coronavirus quarantine: ITBP spending Rs 3 lakh/dayThe Indo-Tibetan Border Police is incurring a daily expenditure of Rs 3 lakh to house people in its recently set up quarantine facility at ...
06 Mar, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
112 Wuhan evacuees sheltered at ITBP quarantine facility test negative for coronavirusSeventy-six Indians and 36 foreigners were taken to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force quarantine centre in the Chhawla area of th...
29 Feb, 2020, 05.12 PM IST
New virus cases in China fall for 2nd day, deaths top 2,000China also may postpone its biggest political meeting of the year, the annual congress due to start in March, to avoid having people travel...
19 Feb, 2020, 07.48 AM IST
View: Pandemics are breeding grounds for trade warsSuch outbreaks flourish thanks to one factor: international trade, the original pandemic superhighway.
05 Feb, 2020, 06.19 AM IST
India suspends fruits from China after they fail pesticide testsIn the 11 months to February, India imported apples and pears worth $132 million from China, up 200% from the corresponding period a year a...
17 May, 2017, 01.17 AM IST