COVID-19 rules for Spring Festival travel in various locations

To cope with the challenging situation of epidemic prevention and control, 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions released rules for trans-provincial travel. People from different risk-level areas have to abide by the following requirements or possess the following materials when traveling to the indicated cities:

To Beijing

From low-risk areas: a green health code, register personal information on the JingXinXiangZhu (京心相助) WeChat mini program, make contact with their community or company in advance. People from low-risk areas under closed management in Beijing should have their health conditions monitored locally for 14 days.

From medium-risk areas: a negative nucleic acid test report conducted within 72 hours before boarding; a 14-day home observation or isolated observation when the conditions for home observation can’t be met.

From high-risk areas: a negative nucleic acid test report conducted within 72 hours before boarding; a 14-day isolated observation.

Anyone in close contact with a confirmed or asymptomatic case should have a strict “14+7+7” health management service – a 14-day isolated medical observation at designated sites such as hotel rooms, followed by a 7-day home monitoring of health conditions, with an ensuing 7-day general monitoring of health conditions.

To Shanghai

From low-risk areas: a green health code.

From medium-risk areas: a 14-day community health management, two nucleic acid tests.

From high-risk areas: a 14-day isolated quarantine and observation, two nucleic acid tests.

People who come from medium or high-risk areas have to report to the community or company or the hotel they are staying at within 12 hours after arrival in Shanghai.

To Guangzhou

From low-risk areas: a green health code.

From Macao: take a nucleic acid test in advance at an institution recognized by Guangdong and Macao, complete the customs health declaration within 24 hours before entry, and obtain the “customs clearance certificate” of the Guangdong local health code.

From medium-risk areas: a 14-day home quarantine and medical observation; take a nucleic acid test on the day of arrival.

From high-risk areas: a 14-day isolated observation and medical observation, two nucleic acid tests.