Last night, the office of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau for Epidemic Prevention and Control released new information for people entering China. Via their WeChat account, the current 2 week quarantine policy for anyone entering China is being extended by an additional 1 week homestay for "community health monitoring", starting from May 16th.

While the announcement leaves a few open questions, it appears that the neighborhood commitee will visit twice a day to check your temperature. It's unclear if it's possible to leave the apartment, as the announcement mentions "don't go out", but then says "especially avoid going to the gathering places".

There's no mention of any exceptions for those being vaccinated.

The announcement does not mention why measurements have been increased at this time, but the big 100th anniversary of the Communist Party coming up in June this year, and China’s Winter Olympic Games getting closer may be reasons for the increased precautions. 

Wondering what quarantine is like when arriving in China? We wrote about it in this viral article. 

Note, this does not apply to those currently in quarantine (phew!). Only those arriving after May 16th will be affected.