Covid-19 Negative Test Result is No Longer Valid For 5 days

By Getst.net 2020/08/29

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To ensure the health and safety of international travel and reduce the risk of cross-border spread of the epidemic, in accordance with relevant joint announcement of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the General Administration of Customs of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China issued on 20th July 2020, China-bound passengers from

1. No.	Country	Date of Entry-into-force	Validity for the COVID-19 negative certificate (Day)
   1.	Russia	Already in Effect	5
   2.	Egypt	Already in Effect	3
   3.	Pakistan	Already in Effect	5
   4.	Bangladesh	Already in Effect	3
   5.	Saudi Arabia	Already in Effect	3
   6.	Chad	Already in Effect	3
   7.	Iran	Already in Effect	3
   8.	Luxembourg	Already in Effect	3
   9.	Thailand	Already in Effect	5
   10.	Kenya	Already in Effect	3
   11.	Turkey	Already in Effect	3
   12.	North Macedonia	Already in Effect	3
   13.	Malta	Already in Effect	5
   14.	Sao Tome and Principe	Already in Effect	5
   15.	Cameroon	Already in Effect	5
   16.	Uganda	Already in Effect	5
   17.	Guinea	Already in Effect	5
   18.	Zimbabwe	Already in Effect	5
   19.	Sri Lanka	Already in Effect	3
   20.	Philippines	Already in Effect	5
   21.	Gambia	Already in Effect	5
   22.	Cambodia	Already in Effect	5
   23.	Rwanda	Already in Effect	5
   24.	Malaysia	Already in Effect	5
   25.	Mauritania	Already in Effect	5
   26.	Niger	Already in Effect	3
   27.	Comoros	Already in Effect	5
   28.	Maldives	Already in Effect	5
   29.	United Kingdom	Already in Effect	5
   30.	Ethiopia	Already in Effect	5
   31.	Belgium	Already in Effect	3
   32.	Congo	Already in Effect	3
   33.	ROK  (Republic of Korea)	Already in Effect	5
   34.	Serbia	Already in Effect	3
   35.	Senegal	Already in Effect	5
   36.	Cyprus	Already in Effect	5
   37.	Tunisia	Already in Effect	5
   38.	UAE  (United Arab Emirates)	2020.08.25	3
   39.	Nepal	2020.08.25	3
   40.	Bulgaria	2020.08.26	5
   41.	Benin	2020.08.26	3
   42.	Indonesia	2020.08.26	5
   43.	Ireland	2020.08.28	5
   44.	Belarus	2020.08.28	5
   45.	Singapore	2020.08.28	5
   46.	Italy	2020.08.28	5
   47.	Qatar	2020.08.29	5
   48.	Germany	2020.08.30	5
   49.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2020.08.31	3
   50.	Czechia	2020.08.31	3
   51.	Greece	2020.08.31	3
   52.	Andorra	2020.09.01	3
   53.	Bahrain	2020.09.01	3
   54.	Iceland	2020.09.01	3
   55.	Botswana	2020.09.01	5
   56.	Burundi	2020.09.01	3
   57.	Denmark	2020.09.01	3
   58.	Kuwait	2020.09.01	3
   59.	Liechtenstein	2020.09.01	3
   60.	Moldova	2020.09.01	3
   61.	South Africa	2020.09.01	3
   62.	Nigeria	2020.09.01	5
   63.	Portugal	2020.09.01	5
   64.	Switzerland	2020.09.01	3
   65.	Sierra Leone	2020.09.01	3
   66.	Seychelles	2020.09.01	5
   67.	Swaziland	2020.09.01	3
   68.	Somalia	2020.09.01	3
   69.	Brunei	2020.09.01	5
   70.	Spain	2020.09.01	3
   71.	Viet Nam	2020.09.01	3
   72.	Austria	2020.09.03	3
   73.	Gabon	2020.09.03	3
   74.	Mexico	2020.09.03	3
   75.	New Zealand	2020.09.03	3
   76.	France	2020.09.04	3
   77.	Tanzania	2020.09.04	3
   78.	Slovakia	2020.09.05	3
   79.	Iraq	2020.09.06	3
   80.	Albania	2020.09.07	3
   81.	Brazil	2020.09.07	3
   82.	Timor-Leste	2020.09.07	3
   83.	Finland	2020.09.07	3
   84.	Kazakhstan	2020.09.07	3
   85.	Croatia	2020.09.07	3
   86.	Sweden	2020.09.09	3
   87.	Barbados	2020.09.09	3
   88.	Canada	2020.09.09	3
   89.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2020.09.09	3
   90.	Lebanon	2020.09.10	3
   91.	Mali	2020.09.10	3

Are required to obtain COVID-19 negative certificates before boarding. 

Starting from 1st September 2020 (included), all Chinese and foreign China-bound passengers departing from or transferring via 

1. Egypt

2. Bangladesh

3. Saudi Arabia

4. Chad

5. Iran

6. Kenya

7. Luxembourg

8. North Macedonia

9. Zimbabwe

10. Niger

11. Turkey

12. Belgium

13. Congo

14. Serbia

15. United Arab Emirates

16. Nepal

17. Benin

18. Bosnia and Herzegovina

19. Czechia

20. Greece

21. Andorra

22. Bahrain
    

23. Iceland

24. Burundi

25. Denmark

26. Kuwait

27. Liechtenstein

28. Moldova

29. South Africa

30. Switzerland

31. Sierra Leone

32. Swaziland

33. Somalia

34. Spain

35. Austria

36. Viet Nam

37. Gabon

38. Mexico

39. New Zealand

40. France

41. Tanzania

42. Slovakia

43. Iraq

44. Albania

45. Brazil

46. Timor-Leste

47. Finland

48. Kazakhstan

49. Croatia

50. Sweden

51. Barbados

52. Canada

53. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

54. Lebanon

55. Mali

Are required to take nucleic acid tests and present the COVID-19 negative certificates to the Chinese Embassy or Consulate before boarding. 

The following arrangements are hereby announced:

I. All passengers must take nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 within 3(three) days prior to their flight departures in testing institutions designated by the Chinese Embassy or Consulate in these countries. 

To check the list of designated testing institutions, please see attachment;

. For Chinese passengers, only those who can present green health codes with an "HS" mark are allowed to board. 

In this regard, Chinese passengers are required to upload photos of their COVID-19 negative certificates to the Wechat mini program COVID-19 Prevention Health Code International Version through Entry B within 24 hours after obtaining their negative certificates. 

Those approved by the Chinese Embassy or Consulate will obtain green health codes with an "HS" mark for a certain validity period. Please visit https://hr.cs.mfa.gov.cn/help_two/help-two/hs.html for Q & A.

. For foreign passengers, only those who can present valid Health Declaration Forms (see attachment) issued by the Chinese Embassy or Consulate are allowed to board. 

In this regard, after obtaining their COVID-19 negative certificates, foreign passengers are required to email(email subject: name+date of departure+location of the testing institution) their scanned copies of (1) information page of the valid passports, (2) COVID-19 negative certificates and (3) Health Declaration Forms signed by the applicants to the following designated email addresses of the Chinese Embassy or Consulate, according to the consular districts where the testing institutions are located. 

After verification, the Embassy or Consulates will return the scanned copy of officially stamped Health Declaration Forms to the passengers by email. All passengers are required to board with 2 hard copies of Health Declaration Forms within its validity period and cooperate with airlines for checking (one copy for the airline).

. Airlines are responsible for checking the green health codes with an "HS" mark or Health Declaration Forms of their passengers before boarding. Passengers who fail to meet the above requirements should not be allowed to board the planes and have to rearrange their itinerary.

. All Chinese and foreign passengers who transfer via the countries mentioned above to China should complete the nucleic acid tests and applications for the green health codes with an "HS" mark or the Health Declaration Forms in the departure country in advance.

. All Chinese and foreign passengers traveling to China via countries or regions in which COVID-19 nucleic acid testing measures are implemented(The list of countries and regions is available at https://hr.cs.mfa.gov.cn/help_two/help-two/gj.html), are also required to produce health codes with "HS" mark or Health Declaration Forms when transiting. 

Please make sure that the health codes or Forms are still valid when boarding the connecting flights to avoid being stranded. Hard copies of COVID-19 negative certificates are strongly recommended to be kept on hand for further checking.

. The uploaded test certificates must be complete, clear and unmodified. Otherwise, it may affect the result of verification.

. Passengers who provide false certificates or information shall bear corresponding legal liabilities.

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