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SHANGHAI, Feb 12 (Reuters) – China’s Nationwide Immigration Administration stated it is not going to be renewing passports for non-essential journey whereas the worldwide COVID-19 epidemic scenario remains to be extreme and cross border journey poses “nice safety dangers”.
The administration stated in a press release on social media it is going to “usually challenge passports” for people who have to journey overseas for examine, employment, or enterprise.
However rumours it is going to challenge passport renewals for people trying to journey overseas for leisure are false, the authority stated.
China has tightened controls over its residents’ cross-border journey to decrease the danger of the virus being introduced in from abroad and spreading domestically.
It has suspended the issuance of recent widespread passports for people who intend to go overseas for non-urgent issues.
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Reporting by Josh Horwitz and Roxanne Liu; Modifying by Lincoln Feast.
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