[Explanation] On March 17, Xu Wei, director of the Shanghai Municipal Government Information Office and municipal government spokesman, stated that in order to further prevent and control the risk of imported epidemics abroad, from now on, all Chinese and foreign personnel, within 14 days before entering Shanghai, Those who have traveled or lived in 16 countries including South Korea, Italy, Iran, Japan, France, Spain, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Austria will be quarantined for 14 days.

At present, the port has become the front-line battlefield for the current epidemic prevention and control. Ye Jian, deputy commissioner of Shanghai Customs, said that Shanghai Customs implemented 100% boarding inspection on flights from key countries.

[Same period] (Ye Jian, Deputy Commissioner of Shanghai Customs) Implemented stricter control measures for immigrants from key countries. Shanghai Customs conducts 100% boarding inspections on flights from key countries, 100% temperature detection and 100% health declaration card review for inbound personnel on flights, and labeling according to relevant guidelines. Increase penalties for concealment of health declarations, and guide immigrants to make truthful health declarations.

[Explanation] Zeng Qun, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, points out that Shanghai will further implement the 14-day home isolation health observation measures, the management process will be stricter, and the home isolation standards will be stricter.

[Contemporaneous] (Zeng Qun, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs) Added "nucleic acid detection" link. From now on, immigrants from key countries who have been transported to the “temporary centralized inspection points” in various districts will first perform a nucleic acid test. If the result is negative, they will be escorted to the home isolation site for 14 days of home isolation; the result is positive. If yes, it will be transferred to a prescribed medical institution for diagnosis and treatment according to the prescribed procedure. After entry into the community of a key country, residents from the country begin to observe the health of the home isolation. The local public security and health departments will work with the community to implement stricter management measures to ensure that the home isolation personnel do not leave their homes. Those who leave without permission will be disposed of according to law.

[Explanation] Zeng Qun also stated that Shanghai clearly defined the conditions of home isolation as "one household, one person or one family", and implemented centralized quarantine for immigrants from key countries that did not have home quarantine conditions. Accommodation and meals during the period of centralized quarantine were at their own expense.

[Contemporary] (Zeng Qun, deputy director of Shanghai Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau) During the period of centralized quarantine, accommodation and meals will be at their own expense. Among them, in principle, there are two levels of accommodation fees of around 200 yuan (RMB) or 400 yuan (RMB) per person per day. If it has been in the centralized quarantine period but less than 14 days, the cost of the remaining quarantine time will be calculated daily.

Reporter Chen Jing, Xu Yinkang, Yuzhan reported from Shanghai

Editor-in-chief: [Wang Kai]