Latest: Health Code Checks for Boarding Personnel and Pre-Boarding PCR Tests for Crew Joining Ships Overseas Canceled
For crew members of domestic vessels traveling, the relevant pandemic prevention policies for people traveling on land shall apply.
On December 12, the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China issued an announcement stating that, in order to earnestly implement the arrangements of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism and further optimize and adjust pandemic prevention and control measures for vessels and crew members, it had revised and issued the Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 on Vessels and Among Crew Members (12th Edition).
The main revisions are as follows:
1. Checks of health codes, travel codes and other information for people boarding vessels have been discontinued.
2. For crew members of domestic vessels traveling, the relevant pandemic prevention policies for people traveling on land shall apply.
3. Pre-boarding nucleic acid testing requirements for crew members boarding vessels overseas have been discontinued.
4. Requirements for checking passengers' health codes, travel cards and negative nucleic acid test certificates before boarding passenger vessels have been discontinued.
5. If a crew member develops health abnormalities while on board, suspected COVID-19 cases shall be treated in accordance with the Guidelines for Home Treatment of COVID-19 Cases.
