Those travelling within China need to apply for permission from their local neighbourhood committee, their companies, as well as the neighbourhood committee of their destination city.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WUHAN - Sales executive Scarlett Li had to complete a pile of paper work, get approval from three different organisations and take a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 virus before she could leave Wuhan for Shenzhen.At the airport, there were three rounds of checks before she got on her China Eastern Airlines flight that had only 28 passengers on board.
Those travelling within China need to apply for permission from their local neighbourhood committee, their companies, as well as the neighbourhood committee of their destination city. Singaporean permanent resident Jocelyn Zhang, 36, was let go by her employer, a hair salon in Far East Plaza, after being stuck in Wuhan since the city's lockdown on Jan 23.
"Singapore is far more expensive and without a stable job, since insurance is based on commission, I'm really worried about my finances in this economic climate," she said. But as she is not considered"essential staff", she has not been able to get the Manpower Ministry's permission to return to Singapore.
"Not being able to plan ahead is also very frustrating," she said,"but I guess this is part of the new normal that we all have to accept for the time being."Stuck in Shiyan, a city in northwestern Hubei after he returned home for Chinese New Year, Mr Zhu, who works for an SME business in Singapore, said he has tried to remain upbeat by burying himself in work.
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