Shandong: China is strengthening preventive measures to monitor incoming visitors as the novel coronavirus epidemic spreads in other countries.
Yantai, a coastal city in Shandong province, said on Wednesday that it will provide free nucleic acid tests for all travelers from abroad.
The government said those who fail the tests will be sent to designated hospitals for further examination and treatment, while those who pass will need to stay at home for strict quarantine, according to a statement issued on its website.
The measures were announced one day after five passengers were found to have abnormal body temperatures on a plane that arrived from Incheon, South Korea, at Weihai, a city neighboring Yantai. According to China Central Television, 163 passengers were on board.
The five were sent to the hospital, while the other passengers were all transported to designated hotels for quarantine. The number of novel coronavirus cases is rising in countries such as Japan and South Korea. Some Chinese cities, such as Weihai and Dalian, Liaoning province, have come up with special preventive measures for travelers from Japan and South Korea. “The epidemic knows no border,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a daily news conference on Wednesday.
– The Daily Mail-China Daily News exchange item
