Shenzhen, China:
Direct flights from the southern city of Shenzhen to Beijing have been suspended till at least July 1, booking apps showed, ahead of celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party’s founding in the capital on that date.
China’s most populous province Guangdong is battling a COVID-19 outbreak, with 170 confirmed neighborhood situations involving May 21 and June 21. No new confirmed neighborhood situations had been reported for June 22.
Of the situations, eight had been recorded in Shenzhen, though 146 had been reported in the provincial capital Guangzhou, though direct flights were nonetheless out there to Beijing as of Wednesday, booking apps such as CTrip and Fliggy showed.
A Shenzhen government official who declined to be identified and two airline representatives confirmed flights from Shenzhen to the capital had been suspended.
Flights to other mainland destinations appeared to be operating as typical.
The airport in Foshan city, which borders Guangzhou and has seen 12 situations in the last month, announced that it was suspending all flights until July 7 due to the pandemic.
While the Chinese city of Wuhan was the initial epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, which initial emerged there in late 2019, China has largely kept COVID-19 at bay more than the previous year, with intermittent outbreaks that had been speedily contained.
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