Flights Canceled & Schools have been Closed as a Covid-19 Outbreak Across China
Hundreds of flights were canceled, schools were shut down, and mass testing was ordered Thursday in China to combat a new Covid-19 outbreak linked to a group of tourists. Beijing has maintained a zero-COVID policy, with stringent border closures and targeted lockdowns, even as other nations cautiously attempt to relax controls. Domestic occurrences have been almost entirely eliminated, but authorities beefed up coronavirus surveillance after China recorded its fifth consecutive day of new cases mostly in northern and northwestern areas.
The most recent epidemic was linked to a couple of elderly people who were traveling with a group of other tourists. They began in Shanghai and traveled to Xi’an, Gansu province, and Inner Mongolia before returning home. Dozens of cases have subsequently been linked to their travel of this new covid-19 outbreak, with relatives in at least five provinces and regions, including Beijing, revealing that they were sickened. As a result, local governments have implemented mass screening and shut down scenic areas and tourist sites, schools and entertainment venues in affected areas have also been closed.
Residents of Lanzhou, a city of four million people in northwest China, have been advised not to depart unless it is absolutely necessary. Those who must leave must submit a negative Covid-19 test. Hundreds of flights have been canceled at airports throughout the affected areas, according to data from aviation tracker VariFlight. Around 60% of flights to Xi’an’s two major airports and Lanzhou’s two main airports have been canceled. According to a notification published Monday, Eren was arrested on charges including fraud, embezzlement, and misappropriation of funds.
Residents of Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, were told not to leave their housing compounds on Monday and to avoid traveling outside the city. On Wednesday, state-owned newspaper Global Times warned that the current virus infections in Inner Mongolia are likely to have an impact on coal imports from Mongolia owing to supply chain disruptions. On Thursday, China’s National Health Commission announced that there were 13 new domestic infections.
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