BEIJING - China's top quarantine authority on Saturday ordered a three-month intensifiedquarantine to prevent the entry of a new type of coronavirus.
In a statement on its website, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection andQuarantine demanded boosting body temperature monitoring and other medical inspections ontravelers from Britain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, after the World Health Organization (WTO) saidthe new virus has left a Qatari citizen in critical condition in London.
The administration also requires travelers from the three nations to inform China's entry-exitinspection and quarantine institutions if they develop acute respiratory symptoms such asfever, cough or shortness of breath.
Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that includes viruses that cause the common cold andsevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).