Beijing lowers COVID-19 emergency response level, eases quarantine rules

Beijing will lower its coronavirus virus emergency response level from one to two, starting this Thursday, April 30, the municipal government announced at a daily press conference on Wednesday.

In China's four-tier response level, level one is the most severe. 

Beijing activated the highest level of public health emergency response on January 24.

The municipal government also said people arriving from places in China deemed "low risk" will no longer be required to quarantine for two weeks.

Additionally, nucleic acid testing results will no longer be needed to book a room at a hotel in Beijing. 

But the 14-day quarantine still applies to all international arrivals to Beijing and people coming from Hubei Province, said local authorities.

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