Shanghai announces changes in home quarantine for overseas arrivals

Starting from July 27, people who arrive in Shanghai from overseas can spend half of their quarantine time at home if certain conditions are met, authorities announced on Thursday.

For now, though, all such people will remain subject to a compulsory 14-day quarantine at places designated by the government.

For those whose destination is Shanghai, under condition that they have residency in the city, live apart from family members who don't have to be quarantined or live with people who agree to be quarantined along with them, they will be sent home to resume their quarantine on the eighth day if their nucleic tests on the fifth day are negative and if they apply to be quarantined at home.

On the eighth day, qualified persons will be transported directly from collective quarantine spots to their homes by authorities of the districts in which their homes are located.

Meanwhile, the government said it will continue to allow conditional home quarantine for senior citizens, underage people, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with mobility restrictions, those who have to take care of other family members and people with certain diseases.

For those whose destinations are Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, after seven days of collective quarantine in Shanghai, they will be transported by authorities to their destinations to continue their quarantine under the condition that their nucleic tests on the fifth day are negative.

Those whose destinations are other parts of China will still be placed under 14-day compulsory quarantine in Shanghai.