China Suspends Overseas Tours, Discourages Citizens From Going Abroad

What’s new: China continued to suspend group overseas tours and discourage individuals from going abroad for sightseeing or visiting friends and families as a part of efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, the country’s immigration office said Monday.

The National Immigration Administration advised citizens not to leave China unless necessary and said those who have overseas travel plans should take full account of the risks and uncertainties of doing so, said Liu Haitao, director general of the administration’s Department of Frontier Inspection and Management, at a routine press conference Monday.