China Halves Quarantine Time For Overseas Travellers

China reduced the length of mandatory quarantine for inbound travelers to seven days plus three more days of health monitoring at home, from the previous 14 days quarantine plus seven days home monitoring, the 21st Century Business Herald reported citing the latest Covid-19 prevention and control policy guidelines released on Tuesday. The relaxation is made to accommodate the shortened incubation period for the Omicron variant, mostly 2-4 days, the newspaper said citing Lu Hongzhou, president of Shenzhen Third People's Hospital. The new guidelines have added requirements to "control the epidemic to the smallest scope in the shortest time, with the lowest cost”, emphasizing targeted measures, the newspaper said.