On June 28, 2022, the Chinese Health Commission issued the "Notice on Issuing the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Plan (Ninth Edition)". The new version has major changes, including the entry quarantine policy that people are most concerned about.
Today, the Chinese National Health Commission issued the "Notice on Issuing the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Plan (Ninth Edition)". The content of the latest version of the "Notice" has significant changes, including new policies for overseas people to enter quarantine.
Compared with the eighth edition, the modifications in the new "Notice" include the following:
The entry quarantine time is shortened
The entry quarantine policy in the new "Notice" is greatly shortened. The quarantine time for inbound travelers has been adjusted from the previous "14 days of centralized isolation medical observation + 7 days of home health monitoring" to "7 days of centralized isolation medical observation + 3 days of home health monitoring" .
Sampling methods and times have changed
Nucleic acid testing has been adjusted from the previous "nucleic acid testing on the 1st, 4th, 7th and 14th days of centralized isolation medical observation, collecting nasopharyngeal swabs, and double sampling and testing before lifting the isolation" to " centralized Nucleic acid testing will be conducted on days 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 of isolation medical observation and on day 3 of home health monitoring. oropharyngeal swabs will be collected. Dual sampling and testing are not required before the centralized isolation medical observation is lifted. It is consistent with the delineation standards for medium- and high-risk areas
and the previously implemented standards for the delineation of closed control areas and medium- and high-risk areas, and the concept of medium- and high-risk areas is uniformly used.
High-risk areas implement "door-to-door service without leaving home". There are no new infections for 7 consecutive days and are reduced to medium-risk areas. Medium-risk areas have no new infections for 3 consecutive days and are reduced to low-risk areas. In other areas, people with a history of traveling to high-risk areas in the past seven days will be subject to centralized isolation and medical observation for seven days.
The medium-risk area implements "staying in the area and picking up items at staggered peaks", and has been reduced to a low-risk area with no new infections for 7 consecutive days. In other areas, people with a history of traveling to medium-risk areas in the past 7 days will be subject to 7-day home medical observation.
Low-risk areas refer to other areas in the counties (cities, districts, banners) where medium- and high-risk areas are located, and "personal protection and avoidance of gatherings" are implemented. In other areas, people who have traveled to low-risk areas in the past seven days are required to complete two nucleic acid tests within three days.
In addition, adjustments have been made to measures including epidemic monitoring requirements and optimization of regional nucleic acid testing strategies.
