On December 13, the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China issued a notice to further adjust the epidemic prevention and control measures for ships and seafarers.
The major revisions are as follows:
1. Cancel the inspection of information such as health and travel code for people on board.
2. The movement of crews of domestic vessels shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant epidemic prevention policies on the movement of people on land.
3. Cancel the requirement for Covid 19 testing before the crew embarks overseas.
4. The requirement for passengers of passenger ships to check their health codes, travel cards and nucleic acid negative certificates before boarding is cancelled.
5. Crews with abnormal health and suspected COVID-19 patients should be treated in accordance with the Guidelines for treatment of COVID-19 patients.
The major revisions are as follows:
1. Cancel the inspection of information such as health and travel code for people on board.
2. The movement of crews of domestic vessels shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant epidemic prevention policies on the movement of people on land.
3. Cancel the requirement for Covid 19 testing before the crew embarks overseas.
4. The requirement for passengers of passenger ships to check their health codes, travel cards and nucleic acid negative certificates before boarding is cancelled.
5. Crews with abnormal health and suspected COVID-19 patients should be treated in accordance with the Guidelines for treatment of COVID-19 patients.
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