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Once the epidemic is controlled in other re-
gions, the next lesson that China has learned
is to keep the guard up still. The risk is of
imported cases. In China, as many Chinese
who were studying or working abroad are
returning home, there is a rising danger of
infections coming from outside the country.
On March 18, Beijing confirmed 11 new
cases—all of the people had come from
abroad.
The authorities also have to deal with the
fact that some ill travelers may try to conceal
their health conditions.
Rather than closing exits and entries,
the local governments in China have initi-
ated other measures. The Beijing CapitalInternational Airport has opened a special
area to receive passengers from countries
affected by COVID-19. The Beijing Municipal
Government has enforced a 14-day Tuarantine
on all international travelers entering Beijing,
which is now followed by many other local
governments.
While continuing epidemic control, the
government is supporting factories and ofĶces
to resume work, another important measure
to steer the country to normalcy.
“The resumption rate of leading industrial
enterprises is increasing,” Meng Wei, a National
Development and Reform Commission
spokesperson, said at a press conference
on March 17. “In most provinces, it has ex-
ceeded 90 percent. In Zhejiang, Jiangsu and
Guangdong provinces as well as Shanghai and
ChongTing municipalities, it is approximately
100 percent,” Meng said.
At Foxconn, the world’s largest contract
electronics maker, for example, production
has “exceeded expectations,” according to its
founder Terry Guo, and supplies to its factories
have returned to normal. This Apple-supplier
has over 40 branches on the Chinese main-
land. Foxconn said on March 18 that the Ķrst
batch of workers had returned to its Wuhan
branch. QAn empty Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a landmark shopping arcade in Milan, Italy, on March 10
An electronic screen provides information about the novel coronavirus at a subway station in São Paulo, Brazil,
on March 11
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