Coronavirus: Beijing's latest problem - Returning Chinese who may bring the infection back with them

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An airport security staff member in protective gear waits for passengers to escort them to a bus at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, on March 19, 2020.

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BEIJING - Student Alan Liu took nearly 96 hours to fly from Boston in the United States, where he attends high school, to his home in Guiyang town in south-west China.
Along the journey, he had to transit in Seattle, Hong Kong, and spend 18 hours in a Beijing hospital because he had a slight cough.
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