China has a zero-tolerance approach to the coronavirus and closed its borders to most international travel.
Length of quarantine and where you must spend it differ from city to city, while there are documents to prepare and arrivals need an all-important health code.
Chinese authorities have a zero-tolerance strategy on Covid-19, with isolation periods of four weeks in some places.
If you’re planning travel to China, learn the difference between RT-PCR and antigen testing, IgM versus IgG and how many tests to expect before and after your flight.
Authorities in four southern Chinese cities have built health stations catering to thousands of travellers at any one time.
While approaches from small and big cities may differ due to testing capacity and resources, swift reactions mean ‘a tsunami-like outbreak is highly unlikely’.
