Shanghai raises epidemic controls after three cases found
Stricter COVID-19 prevention measures will come into force for people who travel to Shanghai from other cities, the local health authority said at a news conference on Monday.
According to Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai Health Commission, the city will strengthen COVID-19 testing of people at key public transportation areas, including airports, railway stations and highways.
Landing and operations ashore are prohibited for ships from domestic medium and high-risk areas.
In addition, employees in the tourism industry are required to take a nucleic acid test once a day and tourists must hold negative nucleic acid reports from within 48 hours prior to their arrival, Zhao said.
Shanghai reported three asymptomatic COVID-19 cases outside the quarantined and controlled population on Monday.
Three places in Pudong New Area, Putuo district and Songjiang district, where the cases live, were categorized as high-risk areas.
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