China restricts overseas travel to curb COVID-19 outbreak

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China on Wednesday (Aug 4) tightened overseas travel restrictions for its citizens as part of efforts to contain rising COVID-19 cases, after ...

China's immigration authority on Wednesday announced that it would stop issuing ordinary passports and other documents needed for exiting the country in"non-essential and non-emergency" cases.Immigration official Liu Haitao told a press briefing that those who"have real needs for studying abroad, employment and business" will still have their documents issued upon verification.

Foreign crews on hundreds of ships have been stopped from disembarking and changing shifts at Chinese ports. The central government has also ordered localities to cut off public transport and taxis in and out of areas hit by the outbreak, the transport ministry said at the same press conference.

In Beijing, where the city government reported three new virus cases on Wednesday, authorities blocked entrances to a compound where one of the patients lived, while residents reached over fences to receive parcels from delivery drivers.Nanjing has tested its 9.2 million residents three times after shutting down gyms and cinemas and closing off residential compounds.

And the tourist destination of Zhangjiajie in central Hunan province, where infected travellers who had been in Nanjing attended a theatre performance, abruptly announced on Tuesday that no one would be allowed to exit the city after it emerged as an infection hotspot.Authorities said on Wednesday that the infection was not linked to other domestic cases and that they suspected the worker had been exposed after removing protective equipment while in a"contaminated area".

 

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What you suggest CNA? drop travel restriction? This media is so dumb.

Those migrating okay to go?

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