Rush to book flights as China scraps Covid travel restrictions
by Timmy Shen in Taipei and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#677NS)
China to lift quarantine requirement for inbound travellers and resume issuing visas for overseas travel from 8 January
Chinese people have rushed to book overseas travel as authorities scrapped the last big plank of the country's zero-Covid policy despite reports of hospitals being overwhelmed nationwide.
Late on Monday health authorities announced they would no longer require inbound travellers to go into quarantine, then on Tuesday the immigration authority said it would resume issuing visas for mainland residents to travel overseas from 8 January.
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