Beijing to set cap of 1,000 people per day returning from Wuhan

The Beijing authorities said on Wednesday that the city will receive around 1,000 people per day returning from Wuhan, capital city of Hubei Province.

All returnees from the province should conduct nucleic acid tests seven days prior to traveling, or they won't be allowed to purchase train tickets or get through highway check points, Chen Bei, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government said at a press briefing on Wednesday.

All trains will be running at 50 percent capacity.

According to Chen, around 11,000 people have been stranded in Hubei due to the coronavirus outbreak and they will return in batches after the outbound travel restriction was lifted today.

All returnees from Wuhan will also be put under a 14-day quarantine upon arrival and will receive another nucleic acid test after finishing isolation.

Since March 25, when other cities in Hubei Province removed their travel bans, nearly 61,000 people have returned to Beijing from the region.