China's National Health Commission announced on the 26th that the nucleic acid testing and centralized isolation measures for all entry personnel will be canceled on January 8, 2023.

The picture shows the medical staff at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport conducting PCR tests for passengers.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] After the CCP was forced to unblock due to public grievances, despite the rapid rise of the Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic in China, the official decided to further relax entry restrictions. China’s National Health Commission announced on the 26th On January 8, 2023, nucleic acid testing and centralized isolation measures for all entry personnel will be cancelled.

China’s official media recently stated that the initial infectious disease prevention and control level of the Wuhan pneumonia virus was “Class B and A”, and after the relaxation of prevention and control, it will move to “Class B and B”, and it will be lowered to Class C after the epidemic is truly under control. disease management.

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On the 26th, China's National Health and Medical Commission released the "Overall Plan for the Implementation of "Class B and B Controls" for New Coronavirus Infection", listing 12 major measures, namely "further increasing the vaccination rate of the elderly against the new coronavirus", " Improving the preparation of drugs and testing reagents related to the treatment of new coronavirus infection", "increasing investment in medical resource construction", "adjusting population testing strategies", "treating patients by classification and classification", "doing a good job of health surveys for key populations and classification and classification of health services" , "Strengthen the prevention and control of key institutions", "Strengthen the prevention and control of epidemics in rural areas", "Strengthen epidemic monitoring and response", "Advocate adherence to personal protection measures", "Do a good job in information release and publicity and education" and "Optimize the management of Chinese and foreign personnel exchanges ".

In the part of "Optimizing the management of personnel exchanges between China and foreign countries", the Chinese Health and Medical Commission announced that from January 8 next year, people going to China must undergo nucleic acid testing 48 hours before departure. Those who test negative do not need to apply for a health code at the Chinese embassy abroad. After receiving the screening results and filling in the customs health declaration card, you can enter the country directly; those who are positive should turn negative before going to China.

Nucleic acid testing and centralized isolation measures for all employees will also be canceled after entry. Those who have a normal health declaration and no abnormalities in the customs routine quarantine can be released to enter.

In addition, China also announced the cancellation of the "five one policy" and "passenger load factor limit" and other international flight control measures adopted by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in response to the epidemic. Optimize arrangements for foreign nationals to come to China, such as resumption of work and production, business, study abroad, family visits, reunions, etc., and provide corresponding visa convenience. Passenger entry and exit at water and land ports will be gradually resumed. According to the international epidemic situation and various service guarantee capabilities, Chinese citizens will be restored in an orderly manner Outbound tourism."