Nucleic acid test result required to leave Beijing by train

Starting on Friday, all passengers leaving Beijing are required to provide a negative nucleic acid test certificate issued within seven days of departure.

The move comes after the Chinese capital raised its COVID-19 response level early in the week due to a local market infection cluster which has led to more than 150 confirmed cases so far.

Refunds free of charge will be available for tickets bought before 20:00 on June 16, when the city announced raising the respond level.

At a press briefing on Thursday, the municipal authority called on people not to leave Beijing unless it's necessary and if in that case, they must bring with them qualified certificates for negative virus test results.

Beijing Capital International Airport and Daxing International airport announced the implementation of the regulation on Thursday afternoon.