On January 24, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that it will make adjustments to responsive measures for residential long-term care facilities nationwide starting today in response to recent domestic confirmed cases and to prevent COVID-19 from spreading in the care facilities. Key measures are listed below.

1. Visits will not be allowed except for certain situations.
2. Management of new residents: regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status, new residents must:

(1) present a negative result from a self-paid COVID-19 test within three days prior to their admission.

(2) follow related control measures adopted by the facilities based on the percentage of staff who have received the required COVID-19 doses for at least 14 days.

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