China ends quarantine for overseas travelers
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China lifts quarantine requirements for inbound travellers on Sunday, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as the country battles a surge in Covid cases.
Beijing last month began a dramatic dismantling of a hardline virus strategy that had enforced mandatory quarantines and gruelling lockdowns.
The containment policy has tanked China's economy and sparked nationwide protests.
In the final unravelling of those rules, Sunday will see inbound travellers to China no longer required to quarantine.
Since March 2020, all arrivals had been forced to undergo isolation at centralised government facilities. This decreased from three weeks to one week this summer, and to five days in November.
Source: BBC
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