China To Trial 10-Day Central Quarantine for Overseas Arrivals

Amongst the doom and gloom of COVID-19, it’s always nice to report a smattering of positive news, the most recent of which relates to reduced quarantine time for some overseas arrivals to China.

The southern port city of Xiamen, Fujian province, will allow some arrivals from overseas to quarantine for only 10 days in a centralized facility before completing seven days of health monitoring at home (10+7).

Xiamen will try the new 10+7 quarantine policy for four weeks.

At present, overseas arrivals to Xiamen must undergo 14 days of centralized quarantine, followed by seven days of health monitoring at home (14+7).

If your final destination is Xiamen
The 10+7 policy applies to you 10 days of centralized quarantine followed by seven days of health monitoring at home.

If your final destination is elsewhere on the Chinese mainland

The 14+7 policy still applies to you, but there’s a slight difference.

If you do not test positive for COVID-19 and are not considered a close contact within the first 10 days of centralized quarantine, you are free to leave your quarantine hotel room for the remaining four days.

However, you cannot leave the hotel premises during this time. Be sure to check with your hotel what the exact rules are before leaving your room.

You must then follow any other relevant rules for traveling to your final destination.

We could call this policy 14+7 lite.