Per Editor: Du Yu
A few days ago, the Chinese Embassy in Spain, the Chinese Embassy in the United Arab Emirates, and the Chinese Embassy in Uganda issued important notices to make the latest adjustments to the relevant requirements for going to China.
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Notice on the adjustment of the requirements for flights from Spain to China
According to the development of the epidemic situation and the characteristics of virus mutation, from June 30, 2022, the Chinese Embassy and Consulates in Spain will adjust the relevant requirements for passengers who really need to fly from Spain to China as follows:
1. About the itinerary to China
Long-term residents in Spain can transit to China in other countries with direct flights. Persons residing in other countries (whether or not there are direct flights to China) may also come to The West to transit to China. Passengers are required to undergo nucleic acid testing at the place of departure and transit (the place of departure of direct flights to China) and apply for health codes separately.
Passengers residing in Andorra who intend to take a direct flight to China via a third country are required to undergo a nucleic acid test (sampling interval of at least 24 hours) at the andorran legal testing institutions 48 hours and 24 hours before going to the third country, respectively, and apply for a health code from the Embassy in Spain.
Second, pre-departure testing requirements
8.1. Passengers are required to conduct a nucleic acid test, that is, a "double nucleic acid" test, respectively, within 48 hours and 24 hours before the departure of the flight (including flights departing from Spain transiting to China through a third country) and within 24 hours respectively at two different testing institutions in the same consular district, using different reagents.
(2) Nucleic acid test reports issued by Spanish legal testing institutions are recognized. You can access the website of the Ministry of Health of the West for a list of relevant general hospitals and testing institutions throughout Spain.
(3) Sampling and detection methods
Nucleic acid detection sampling method should be nasopharyngeal swab, detection method should be real-time fluorescent RT-PCR method. The test report uploaded by the passenger must contain the name of the person being tested, date of birth, ID number, sampling method, test method, test date, test result, name of doctor or testing institution, contact information, signature or seal, etc.
3. Personnel and crew members with a history of infection, close contact, suspected symptoms, etc. apply for a health code
(1) Persons with a history of infection
Those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or who have not been diagnosed but have a positive nucleic acid test result, if applying for a health code, must provide two negative nucleic acid test reports issued by the Spanish legal testing institution after the recovery (the sampling time is at least 24 hours apart) and send it by e-mail to the Embassy in Spain or the Consulate General in Barcelona, with the subject of the email marked "My name + confirmed recovery". If it is confirmed that the recovery has been more than 14 days and there are no abnormalities during the health monitoring period, the health code can be applied for according to the requirements of ordinary personnel.
(2) Close contact personnel, personnel with suspected symptoms, nucleic acid test results are "uncertain", nucleic acid test Ct value in the gray area
Close contact personnel, people with suspected symptoms, nucleic acid test results "uncertain", nucleic acid test Ct value in the gray area of personnel need to carry out 5 days of health monitoring, during the period of no abnormality, you can apply for a health code according to the requirements of ordinary personnel.
(c) Landing crew
Crew members who intend to take a Spanish flight to China can apply for a health code according to the requirements of ordinary personnel if the first landing place is Spain. If the first landing place is from another country, it is necessary to apply for a health code according to the requirements of the personnel transiting to China.
Fourth, the method of applying for a health code
(1) After the above information is confirmed, Chinese citizens are requested to apply for a health code through the international version of the epidemic prevention health code mini program (see Annex 1).
(2) For testing personnel in general hospitals or testing institutions in the consular district of the Embassy in Spain (except for the Autonomous Region of Catalonia), please submit the health code application to the Embassy in Spain for review; For testing personnel at the General Hospital or Testing Institution of the Consular District of the Consulate General in Barcelona (Autonomous Community of Catalonia), please submit the health code application to the Consulate General in Barcelona for review.
(3) Please be sure to fill in all matters truthfully and upload:
1. "Double nucleic acid" test report;
2. Full ticket (itinerary);
3. A photo of the front and back of a valid Spanish residence permit or a photo of the Spanish visa page;
4. Itinerary health code of origin (only for passengers transiting in the west).
If you are staying in Spain or your visa has expired, please provide proof of residence issued by the government department of your place of residence in Spain within the last 3 months. If you do not have a legal residence or visa in Spain, please contact the Embassy in Spain or the Consulate General in Barcelona by email at least two weeks before your departure.
5. Relevant instructions
The notice and supplementary instructions previously issued in connection with the application for the health code are no longer applicable, and the relevant requirements are subject to this notice.
(1) The "health code" in this notice refers to the green code with the HS logo (for Chinese citizens) and the green code with the HDC logo (for foreign citizens). For boarding only.
(2) The "48 hours and 24 hours before the flight departure" in this notice is accurate to the hour (sampling time), if the flight departure time is 22:15 on July 2, a nucleic acid test is required after 22:15 on June 30 and 22:15 on July 1.
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Notice of the Chinese Embassy in the UAE on Adjusting the Relevant Requirements for Testing in China from the UAE
From 1 July 2022, the Embassy in the UAE will update and adjust the relevant requirements for pre-trip testing and health code application from the UAE to China, as follows:
First, the test requirements
All persons travelling from the UAE to China (including long-term residents in Afghanistan, personnel of Chinese-funded enterprises, persons from domestic temporary arrivals in Afghanistan, and personnel from third countries) are required to undergo two nucleic acid tests, the first time within 48 hours before departure and the second within 24 hours before departure. The two tests should be performed with different reagents in different testing institutions.
2. Testing institutions
Our museum accepts nucleic acid test certificates issued by legal testing institutions recognized by the local health department.
3. Routes to China
Those traveling to China from the UAE can choose direct flights or connecting flights to China. If you are taking a transit flight to China, you should conduct nucleic acid testing and apply for a health code at the place of origin and the place of transit.
4. Materials on applying for a health code
Submit a negative nucleic acid test report and a ticket itinerary within 48 and 24 hours before the trip to the Embassy or Consulate in the UAE. Transit personnel in third countries are also required to submit the health code of the country of origin.
The second testing agency, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, submitted an application to the Embassy in the United Arab Emirates; The second testing agency submitted an application to the Consulate General in Dubai and other northern emirates.
V. Requirements for testing of high-risk groups
(1) Personnel with a history of previous infection must undergo two nucleic acid tests (the interval between the two tests is more than 1 day), conduct health monitoring for 14 days after obtaining a negative report, and conduct pre-departure testing and apply for a health code according to the requirements of general personnel going to China during the period.
(2) Close contacts, persons with suspected symptoms, and suspected positive "PP" personnel with nucleic acid test results are subjected to health monitoring for 5 days, and during the period, there is no abnormality in accordance with the requirements of general personnel going to China for pre-departure testing and apply for health codes.
(3) Material requirements for applying for health codes. In addition to the negative nucleic acid test report and the ticket itinerary within 48 hours and 24 hours before the trip, two negative nucleic acid test reports (persons with a history of previous infection) and a health monitoring form (14 days for those with a history of previous infection, 5 days for close contacts, persons with suspected symptoms, and persons with suspected positive nucleic acid test results" for 5 days) confirmed recovery.
6. Special reminder
The above is based on the principles of scientific precision, flexibility and convenience, combined with the characteristics of the virus. Our museum will dynamically adjust the relevant measures according to the epidemic situation and so on. Please do a good job of self-health monitoring, track and understand the relevant boarding requirements of the airline, and do a good job of personal protection before boarding and traveling, so as to return home smoothly and safely.
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Notice of the Chinese Embassy in Uganda on updating and comprehensively issuing the requirements for returning (going to China) to apply for health codes
At present, the global covid-19 epidemic continues to spread, and the risk of infection in international travel is still high, so we should continue to adhere to the principle of "non-essential, non-travel". Those who really need to return to China (to China) should do a good job of self-health monitoring, pay attention to protection before boarding and during the journey, and prevent the occurrence of obstacles to boarding due to infection and stranding in transit. In view of the above, and in order to further facilitate the needs of necessary personnel exchanges, the policy for returning to China (going to China) to apply for a health code is further updated and issued as follows, which will be implemented from June 29, 2022.
It should be reminded that this adjustment is in accordance with the principles of scientific precision, flexibility and convenience, combined with the characteristics of the virus, etc., and the next step will be dynamically adjusted according to the epidemic situation and import situation.
1. All those who take a flight back to China must apply for a health code online through the international version of the epidemic prevention health code mini program or the web version in advance. The materials required for different types of returnees (going to China) to apply for health codes are as follows:
(1) Returnees (going to China) with no history of infection
When applying for a health code from the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine, such personnel must submit the following materials:
1. Nucleic acid test report (2 copies). Returnees (going to China) must undergo "double nucleic acid testing" within 48 hours before boarding, and the last nucleic acid test time limit is within 24 hours before boarding (double nucleic acid testing should be carried out at two different testing institutions, using two different reagents, and the interval between the two samples is more than 24 hours).
Our museum does not designate a testing institution, and the nucleic acid test certificate issued by the testing institution approved by the Uganda Ministry of Health is acceptable.
It is understood that the Beijing Testing Center-Bugolobi, Test & Fly Laboratory, Maia Medical Lab, Makerere University Hospital, Times Laboratory and Diagnostics and other institutions in Uganda can provide nucleic acid testing services.
2. Ticket itinerary.
3. COVID-19 vaccination voucher (if any).
(2) Persons returning to China (going to China) with a history of previous infection or close contacts
People with a history of infection refer to people who have been diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia, or who have not been diagnosed, but have a positive nucleic acid test result, or who have not been vaccinated, who have tested positive for either of the IgM antibodies or IgG antibodies. When applying for a health code from the Embassy in Ukraine, personnel with a history of infection in China must submit two negative nucleic acid test certificates after recovery (more than 24 hours apart) on the basis of the materials submitted by the above -- (1) personnel.
Note: If you have been cured for more than 14 days, in addition to the above two nucleic acid negative certificates after recovery, the testing requirements before boarding are consistent with those who have returned to China (went to China) without a history of infection. Those who have been cured for less than 14 days should be replenished for 14 days before applying for a health code.
(3) Persons who are close contacts, persons with suspected symptoms, etc. who have returned to China (to China).
Personnel with close contacts, personnel with suspected symptoms, and those whose nucleic acid test results are "uncertain" or whose Ct score is in the "gray area" of the nucleic acid test results must undergo 5 days of health monitoring on the basis of the materials submitted by the above -- (1) personnel when applying for a health code from the Embassy in Ukraine.
2. Special reminder
(1) The term "examination and issuance" as used in this notice refers to the examination and issuance work carried out by our library in accordance with the relevant policy requirements, and the specific results of our library's examination and issuance shall prevail. Embassy staff are aware of the flight departure time and will review the application as soon as possible after receiving it, including weekends and holidays, please do not call or email to expedite. Due to the need to manually review all application materials, the workload is very large, and if you insist on doing so, it will occupy the already tight public administration resources, but interfere with the progress of the review, which may eventually lead to the inability to board the plane. If the status of the health code is still displayed "Under Review" 40 minutes before the flight departure, you can contact the embassy for processing.
(2) There is no restriction on the flight route and the number of transit times for returning (going to China). Returnees (going to China) must conduct nucleic acid testing at the place of origin and transit (the place of departure of direct flights to China) and apply for health codes separately. Please take a screenshot of the relevant returnee (going to China) after receiving the health code issued by our library.
Please return to China (go to China) after getting the test report, be sure to carefully check whether the personal information on the test report is correct before uploading the application health code, if there is an error, please contact the testing agency in time to modify and submit it in time.
(3) Closed-loop management is not required 10 days before boarding.
(4) All materials uploaded (including test reports, etc.) when applying for a health code must be strictly guaranteed to be true and valid. If the uploaded materials are false, concealed, forged, etc., the Embassy will punish them accordingly and promptly report the relevant situation to the relevant domestic competent departments.
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