BEIJING: China tightened quarantine measures for international arrivals on Monday (March 16) as the country worries about a rise in imported cases of the deadly coronavirus and anger raged online at how Europe and the United States are handling the pandemic.
After declaring they had"basically curbed" the spread of the disease within China, where the virus first emerged, authorities have now ordered international arrivals to Beijing to go into centralised quarantine for 14 days.
Officials in protective suits and police officers guarded the centre on Monday, while ambulances waited outside on standby. Minors, pregnant women, the elderly and people living alone -- or those with underlying medical conditions -- can still quarantine at home, Beijing city officials said. A total of 123 cases from abroad have now been reported in China after 12 more were discovered Monday.Chinese social media users on Monday criticised Europe and the US over how they are handling the pandemic.
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