Beijing to enforce 21-day quarantine for travelers from overseas amid COVID-19 outbreak

The Chinese capital city of Beijing will increase the quarantine period for travelers arriving from overseas from two to three weeks as the city battles a new local Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, an official said. A spokesman for the Beijing government Xu Hejian, said this on Tuesday. ࢀœWe will strictly enforce the ࢀ™14+7ࢀ² [quarantine] measures for people traveling from overseas while stepping up control and health surveillance of people who entered Beijing from overseas in the past 21 days,ࢀ Xu said. Beijing identified seven new confirmed COVID-19 patients on Monday and five of the new patients were colleagues of a patient…