International travellers to Beijing to pay for 14 days of coronavirus quarantine
- Incoming passengers to cover the cost of two weeks of monitoring in a designated facility, according to media reports
- Number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continues to fall but China on the lookout for imported infections
From Monday, everybody entering Beijing from outside the country will be transferred to a central isolation facility for 14 days of observation, Chen Bei, deputy secretary general of the Beijing municipal government, said, as the country scrambles to prevent more imported cases.
“Some people were asymptomatic when they arrived in Beijing but were confirmed [with the coronavirus] several days later when symptoms showed,” The Beijing News quoted Chen as saying.
State broadcaster CCTV reported: “From now on, all inbound flights will stop at the T3-D processing area at Beijing Capital International Airport for ... screening and scientific treatment.”
Medical staff at the facility would monitor the health of the passengers, who would have to pay for the quarantine, Chinese media reported, without specifying the cost.
Passengers would be punished for not disclosing information or for making false statements.