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China tightens curbs on overseas travel as part of Covid battle

Travellers walk at a terminal hall of the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on March 23, 2022. (Reuters photo)

HONG KONG: China has said it will impose tight restrictions on “non-essential” overseas travel for its citizens to help contain the worst coronavirus outbreak the country has seen in the past two years.

The immigration authorities said the curbs were designed to stop infections crossing the border and would include a more rigorous approval process for passports and other travel documents and a crackdown on illegal border crossings.

A meeting of the National Immigration Administration on Tuesday heard that China’s Covid-19 situation is at a “significant and urgent point” and that the city of Beijing is the…

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