International passengers line up at a distance of 1 meter between each other when handing in the health declaration cards at the Beijing Capital International Airport. Photo: Liu Xin/GT

 
Foreign nationals who conceal information, furnish false information to border officials when entering China, will be denied entry as a punishment, said an official from China's General Administration of Customs (GAC), amid the country's persistent efforts at curbing imported COVID-19 cases from overseas.

Apart from the aforementioned violations, individuals not completing the routine paperwork at the border, will also be banned from entering, said Liu Haitao, a GAC official, at a press conference Monday. 

Liu added that apart from standard border entrance formalities, as mandated by the Chinese government, foreigners who enter the country during this pandemic period must provide their Chinese recipient and contact information, their travel plan in China, and the accommodation address. 

Amid visible signs of COVID-19 outbreak gradually waning in China, the country currently faces mounting pressure of imported infections. 

China reported 39 new imported COVID19 cases in the mainland, on Sunday, with Beijing and Shanghai reporting 10 cases, respectively, said officials from China's National Health Commission at the conference. 

Song Yue, another official from the GAC said the administration is closely monitoring vehicles coming from key pandemic countries, and travelers must undergo health examination at designated spots. 

Chinese mariners who have sailed for over 14 days and passed health-check will be allowed to enter the border, but they have to follow the prevention regulations like 14-day isolation. Foreign mariners who visited coronavirus-hit countries within the last 14 days from their date of arrival in China are not allowed from entering China, said an official from the Ministry of Transport.

Global Times