Foreign firms: China 'turns corner' by ending quarantineThe ruling Communist Party's abrupt decision to lift some of the world's strictest anti-virus controls comes as it tries reverse an economi...
27 Dec, 2022, 06.25 PM IST
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
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
27 killed, 20 injured as bus carrying people to COVID quarantine centre crashes in ChinaThe official media reported that the bus overturned on a highway in Guizhou province but there was no mention that the vehicle was transpor...
18 Sep, 2022, 08.45 PM 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 reduces quarantine for people arriving from abroadChina has kept tight restrictions on international travel under a "zero-COVID" strategy that seeks to keep the virus out and stop any infec...
28 Jun, 2022, 05.11 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
A coronavirus explosion was expected in Japan. Where is it?Japan’s initial slow response to the virus, its handling of the Diamond Princess cruise ship -- where about one in five people aboard becam...
20 Mar, 2020, 10.45 AM IST
Coronavirus-hit India digs in for the long haul; here are the facilities set up so farApart from the hospitals, two isolation facilities were created by the army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Manesar and Chhawl...
06 Mar, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
No coronavirus case out of 1,582 under watch in Gujarat: Official"A total of 1,582 people, who came from countries which are having the outbreak of coronavirus, have been kept under house observation in G...
04 Mar, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
China announced easing of Wuhan's quarantine, then retracted itChina said that an announcement that the quarantine of Wuhan would be eased was prematurely issued without approval from top officials.
24 Feb, 2020, 11.42 PM IST
Unknowns of the new virus make global quarantines a struggleAs Beijing's authoritarian leadership faces questions over having kept its citizens in the dark for weeks before infections started to expl...
05 Feb, 2020, 01.34 PM IST
- China denies singling out Mexicans for quarantine
Beijing on Monday denied discriminating against Mexicans by quarantining them as a safeguard against swine flu, while the Latin American co...
04 May, 2009, 12.33 PM IST