Beijing Capital Airport to reopen two terminals next Sunday
Beijing Capital International Airport will reopen Terminal 2 and 3-E to receive international arrivals starting next Sunday, the day China will withdraw the quarantine requirement on entry to the country that had been in place since March 2020.
Since March 10 of that year, passengers arriving in Beijing had been required to enter the airport’s Terminal 3-D and then undergo a mandatory quarantine of several days at a designated hotel, reports China Daily.
China’s National Sanitary Commission announced last December 26 that it will withdraw on January 8 the quarantine requirement on entry to the country that had been in place since March 2020, a move that is a further step in the dismantling of the zero covid policy.
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Health authorities explained that passengers will not have to apply for a green health code prior to their travel to China, a requirement necessary until now, although they will have to present a negative PCR test performed within 48 hours prior to the start of their trip.
The agency also announced that limits on international air traffic in China, which for two years has been restricted to less than 5% of what it was before the pandemic, will be lifted.
The shortage of flights in recent years has caused ticket prices for the few available routes to rise to thousands of euros a piece at times in recent months, prompting protests from travelers.
However, the explosion of covid cases in recent weeks has prompted several countries to require travelers from the Asian country to test negative to travel to their territories.
The increase in cases has followed the lifting of the country’s controversial “zero covid” policy, which after lengthy confinements, daily testing of entire housing estates and other draconian prevention measures was met with public protests in late 2022, reported EFE.
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