Happy to return home? All flights to the United States will be grounded from September 5, and nucleic acid will not be declared from August 31, but all tests will remain the same.

According to a report in the English version of Shanghai's First Finance and Economics on August 26, the United States will suspend 26 flights to China operated by some Chinese airlines from next month. The announcement of the U.S. Department of Transportation stated that the decision was made "out of public interest considerations".

The Department of Transportation said today that the United States will suspend 26 flights from the United States to China operated by four Chinese airlines. Some flights including Xiamen Airlines, Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines will be suspended from September 5 to 28.

At present, only these four Chinese airlines operate Sino-US flights, and the US airlines operating this route are United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The recent cancellation of these U.S. flights due to new crown cases is the reason why the authorities decided to suspend Chinese airlines flights.

During the outbreak, CAAC reduced the number of international flights from March 29, 2020. At present, there are only 18 direct flights a week between China and the United States.

Shanghai's "China Business News" pointed out that this means that the transportation capacity of Sino-US routes, which are already in short supply, will be cut again, and the fares of flights to China will also be affected.

According to the announcement, the four Chinese flights planned to be canceled cover almost the whole of September. Reuters quoted Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the United States, as saying that the actions of the US transportation department were "extremely irresponsible" and "groundless".

From August 31, China will use the new version of the exit/entry health declaration card. Do you not need to declare nucleic acid when returning to China?

The official micro-signal customs of the General Administration of Customs of China issued a new announcement on August 25, announcing that the ninth edition of the "The People's Republic of China Exit/Entry Health Declaration Card" will be launched at zero o'clock on August 31.

The person in charge of the Port Supervision Department of the General Administration of Customs responded that the health declaration card canceled some of the declaration items. This revision is not to relax the prevention and control requirements, but to improve the declaration efficiency, facilitate the entry declaration of passengers and improve the efficiency of customs clearance.

The Customs issued a statement that the General Administration of Customs will launch the ninth edition of the "The People's Republic of China Out/Inbound Health Declaration Card" at 0:00 on August 31, 2022. All Internet declaration channels, such as health declaration card WeChat applet declaration, Internet web page declaration and handheld customs APP, enable the new version of declaration function simultaneously.

The content of the ninth edition of the health declaration card is more optimized, and the changes are as follows:

1. The declaration requirements for nucleic acid detection information, previous infection and vaccination date of entry and exit personnel have been canceled.

2. The items that are prone to doubt by entry-exit personnel in the past have been improved or adjusted, which is more conducive to the understanding and filling of entry-exit personnel.

3. The function of online determination of the "Sampling Informed Consent Form" has been added to make it more convenient for inbound and outbound passengers to simplify the on-site quarantine process.

This means that you don't need to fill in the nucleic acid test vaccine record when you return to the country? In fact, it's not that you don't need nucleic acid test. What's changed is that the declaration method is simplified when you enter the country. There is no shortage of tests that should be done when you return to the country.

According to the "Pre-departure Testing Arrangements for Personnel Going to China from the Consulate General in Los Angeles (July 1, 2022)" updated by the Consulate General of Los Angeles on July 1, personnel going to China must apply to the Consulate General in Los Angeles for health codes before boarding, including nucleic acid testing 7 days before boarding. All passengers, regardless of inactivated vaccine, non-inactivated vaccine or non-vaccinated, will be tested within 48 hours before boarding to "double nucleic acid", no more IgM antibody testing is required.

Two nucleic acid tests are conducted at two different testing institutions within 48 hours before boarding, the second of which must be completed within 24 hours before boarding.

In other words, the first step in returning home is to finish the double nucleic acid according to the regulations and get the health code before boarding the plane and returning home.