Beijing  is demanding that all who enter its territory isolate themselves for 14 days, or “be held accountable according to law.”

Chinese state-run television announced on its website on Friday that everyone returning to Beijing would be required to isolate themselves for 14 days.

Anyone who does not comply “shall be held accountable according to law,” according to a text of the order released by state television.

The order was issued by a Communist Party “leading group” at the municipal level, not the national Communist Party.

The mandate came as the national government disclosed that hundreds of medical workers who had been helping combat the coronavirus had become affected and at least six died.