The passenger, who will also be on probation for a year, traveled from the United States has had a fever and contacts with infected people
The Shunyi District People's Court of Beijing in China sentenced a woman to one year in prison and another year of probation for hiding symptoms of COVID-19 from the crew of a flight from the United States.
The woman, Li Jiem, 38, was returning to her country in March 2020 after a stint with her family in the United States. Before the flight, she had had a fever and went to the hospital, and had been able to verify her contact with infected people, but decided to return to China to be treated, reports China Daily.
Upon her arrival in Beijing, Li, whose sentence was handed down on October 15 but was revealed on Tuesday, was identified as a confirmed case of COVID-19, leading to 63 people who had been in contact with her contacting her. quarantine.
In this way, she has been convicted of the crime of obstructing the prevention of infectious diseases by having failed to comply with the country's regulations for the pandemic.
Currently, the authorities try to avoid contagion during the holiday period for the lunar New Year, which in 2021 falls between February 11 and 17, when hundreds of millions of urban immigrants travel to their places of origin.
However, in some provinces of the country the fairs, mass celebrations and typical exhibitions of these dates have already been canceled and they have asked not to travel if it is not essential.
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