A staff member checks the information of a passenger entering China at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, March 19, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

Travelers from eight more countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will now have to face a 14-day quarantine upon entering Shanghai, the municipal government announced on March 19.

The countries on the list are as follows:

South Korea, Italy, Iran, Japan, France, Spain, Germany, the US, the UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Australia, Malaysia, Greece, Czech Republic, Finland, Qatar, Canada and Saudi Arabia.