China is on high alert at its ports as strict policies on travel in and out of the country are enforced to reduce Covid-19 risks amid a fresh domestic outbreak, less than 100 days out from the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The National Immigration Administration has said it will continue to guide citizens not to go abroad for non-urgent and non-essential reasons.

The Chinese immigration authority has also vowed to strictly implement Covid-19 restrictions on the movement of people involved in the Winter Olympics in and out of China.

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People line up at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site near a residential compound under lockdown following local cases of the coronavirus in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, November 3. — Reuters
People line up at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site near a residential compound under lockdown following local cases of the coronavirus in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, November 3. — Reuters

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