Beijing city has announced that individuals who have recently visited overland ports of entry at China’s borders should avoid the nation’s capital, with national authorities concerned about COVID-19 transmission from abroad as they battle a month-long outbreak while making preparations for the Winter Olympics.
People who have traveled in the previous two weeks to county-level administrative divisions with international overland ports of entry are advised not to enter the capital for non-essential purposes, Beijing Daily reported on Nov.13, citing a meeting chaired by the city’s Communist Party chief Cai Qi.
