At a press briefing on Beijing's COVID-19 containment on 6 April, Gao Xiaojun, Spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, noted that there are now 280 designated places for quarantine in Beijing. People under quarantine should follow closely any change in their health condition and report to the onsite staff in a timely manner.

Gao said, quarantine in designated places is an important means to stem the transmission of infectious diseases. Those under quarantine in designated places in Beijing are mainly close contacts of confirmed cases, and international arrivals and domestic arrivals who don't have the conditions for quarantine at home. So far Beijing has set up 280 designated places for quarantine with the capacity of putting over 20,000 people under observation at the same time.