The highest level of emergency response related to population health, announced in Beijing in connection with the spread of coronavirus infections will be downgraded to "II", said at a briefing on Wednesday, Deputy Secretary to the government of Beijing Chen Bay.
"I" level of emergency response in Beijing was launched on 24 January.
"After assessing the situation in the city made the decision at midnight on April 30 to lower "I" level of response to emergencies related to the health of the population, to "II", – said Chen Bay.
In particular, now goes to business trips and returning to Beijing from inner regions of China with a low level of danger of the epidemic is no longer necessary to undergo a 14-day home quarantine. In addition, the quarantine is released everyone who is currently in quarantine.
To date, despite the improvement in the epidemiological situation in China, Beijing continues to apply strict measures of quarantine for travellers returning from other regions, all international flights to the other 12 cities in the country, in the capital are still many companies work remotely, museums are closed, classes resumed only partially.
In this 14-day centralized quarantine, plus a seven-day home quarantine remains for visitors from abroad.
In addition, the quarantine is released everyone who is currently quarantined, but it is not for those who came from abroad and also from Hubei province, Wuhan, which became the hotbed of the epidemic.
