Beijing orders quarantine for overseas arrivals from virus-hit areas

People arriving in Beijing from areas affected by the novel coronavirus will have to spend 14 days in quarantine, authorities in the Chinese capital announced. 

The measures came after a former inmate from central China's Wuhan City, who was infected with the novel coronavirus, traveled to Beijing, leading to the punishment of at least 16 people from both Beijing and Hubei Province.

Authorities said they were tightening measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in the region and curb the import of such cases.