Xiamen announced on Oct 24 the first batch of 16 medical institutions to offer 24-hour nucleic acid tests, allowing people traveling to Xiamen from outside Fujian province to undergo nucleic acid tests in time.
The institutions are:
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated with Xiamen University
Chenggong Hospital Affiliated with Xiamen University
Xiamen Maternity and Child Care Hospital
Xiamen Xianyue Hospital
Stomatological Hospital of Xiamen Medical College
Xiamen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
Cardiovascular Hospital Affiliated with Xiamen University
Xiamen Children's Hospital
The Second Hospital Affiliated with Xiamen Medical College
Xiamen Haicang Hospital
The Third Hospital of Xiamen
Xiamen Tong'an District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
The Fifth Hospital of Xiamen
Xiamen Lianhua Hospital
SpaceGen medical testing laboratory
The move is meant to minimize the risk of the virus spreading, considering the recent COVID-19 resurgence that has hit various regions, including Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Gansu, Shaanxi, Beijing, Hunan, Guizhou and Hebei.
People traveling to Xiamen from medium-and high-risk areas or low-risk areas of cities that have medium or high-risk areas are required to report to the hotels or communities they are living in or workplaces immediately, and undergo medical observation and nucleic acid testing, according to the latest epidemic prevention and control measures of the city.
China has decided to extend its visa waiver policy to ordinary passport holders from Canada and the United Kingdom starting from Feb 17.
Forty-one new port-of-entry duty-free shops have been established nationwide, with Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport, Xiamen Wutong Passenger Wharf, and Xiamen International Cruise Center included on the list.
