CHINA-HEALTH EMERGENCY: CONTAINMENT MEASURES AGAINST 'IMPORTED' CASES
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Chinese officials on March 15, drastically tightened restrictions on travellers arriving in Beijing
as fears mounted that China could see a renewed uptick in imported cases from travellers
bringing the disease back to China. Senior Beijing official Chen Bei said all inbound travellers
to Beijing will be sent to a mandatory 14-day quarantine at a government-run exhibition hall
at their own cost. The city will also reject state medical insurance payouts for returning citizens’
virus tests and hospital stays as a way to dissuade overseas Chinese from repatriating. Of the
20 new cases national authorities announced on March 14, four were reported in Hubei while
the remaining 16 were travellers arriving from abroad. No other Chinese mainland provinces
reported new, organic transmissions
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