Foreign travelers wearing masks walk past a departures information board at Beijing International Airport in Beijing
Foreigners in China who flout the country’s coronavirus quarantine rules risk losing their visas, being deported and banned from re-entry for up to 10 years, Beijing said on Friday as it seeks to curb a rise in imported infections.
The warning, from the National Immigration Administration, came as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases involving overseas travellers, who account for the bulk of the new infections, has surged over the past week.
Just as Chinese citizens face being fined or detained for refusing temperature checks or flouting isolation rules, so quarantine evaders from other countries will be held accountable under Chinese law, the agency said in a statement on its website.
China has banned all foreigners entering the country as it steps up efforts to prevent a flood of imported coronavirus cases
Alongside a list of relevant laws and regulations, it said public securities authorities would decide on how foreign violators should be punished, with the penalties ranging from cancelling a visa, to issuing an order to exit China within a time limit, repatriation or deportation.
People who are effectively expelled from China are not allowed to re-enter the country for between 12 months and 10 years.
Foreign travelers wearing masks walk past a departures information board at Beijing International Airport in Beijing
China has banned all foreigners entering the country as it steps up efforts to prevent a flood of imported coronavirus cases
