Foreign Students Update & Quarantine for Int'l Travelers Update!
Source: Nation.com.pk, 湖州外事, Baidu News
China will allow phase-wise return of all Pakistani students who have been waiting all through the peak of Covid pandemic to resume their studies in the Chinese educational institutions.
On June 20, after more than two years of waiting, the first batch of Pakistani students boarded a flight to China.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said 90 students had departed on a chartered flight to resume in-person studies on campus.
The statement said that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had made a special request on behalf of the students to China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting a month earlier.
Diplomatic sources told The Nation that China had agreed to accept all students back but will allow return in phases.
“The whole process will be completed soon. China in principle had agreed to the return of all Pakistani students who had flown back from China amid the pandemic,” said a senior Pakistani diplomat.
Late May, the Chinese Embassy in the US, stated that more American students would be allowed to return in the coming months as well, and that the number of flights between the US and China would be increased.
Relaxed Quarantine for International Travelers
From June 18th, the “7 + 7” health management measures for inbound international travelers have been implemented in Zhejiang Province. Please see the details as follows:
This includes 7-days of centralized quarantine with 5 Nucleic Acid Tests, plus an additional 7 days under closed loop management.
It is worth noting that when the centralized quarantine ends, individuals will be moved to a closed loop which is under the responsibility of the destination municipal government. Afterwards, those who have stayed for more than 7 days will be transferred to home observation. Inbound travelers who arrive in Zhejiang but plan to leave the area will be transferred to the destination city by the local epidemic prevention department.