China restricts overseas travel to curb Covid outbreak

 China restricts overseas travel to curb Covid outbreak

People line up for nucleic acid testing at a residential compound following spread of coronavirus in Ruili, a border city with Myanmar, in Yunnan province, China on 5 July , 2021Reuters

Beijing announced tighter restrictions on overseas travel for its citizens Wednesday in response to rising coronavirus cases in China.

Immigration authorities said they would temporarily "not be issuing ordinary passports and other entry-exit documents" for non-essential reasons.

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