The two Beijing airports canceled more than a thousand flights on Wednesday after a rebound of Covid-19 cases in the Chinese capital, official media said. As of 9:10 a.m. local time, 1,255 flights from and to Beijing airports had been cut, 70% of those originally planned, The People's Daily and China Daily reported . Beijing on Tuesday urged its 21 million residents to avoid "non-essential" travel outside the city and ordered a new school closure after a rebound in Covid-19 cases in the Chinese capital.
Several cities and provinces now impose a quarantine on arrival for travelers from the Chinese capital. Train users who have booked tickets to or from Beijing can be reimbursed free of charge, said Le Quotidien du Peuple .
137 new cases in a few days
The discovery in five days of more than a hundred patients, linked to a city market, was a shock for the Beijingers. Because China had largely contained the coronavirus by means of quarantines and screenings. According to the mayor, the Chinese capital has registered 31 new infections with the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours on Wednesday, an overall figure stable for the fourth consecutive day.
Previously, Beijing had not discovered any contamination for two months and life had resumed an almost normal course. But the fear of a second epidemic wave in Beijing prompted local authorities to act. The town hall has launched a massive screening campaign and confined residential areas. The town hall also announced Tuesday a new closure of all schools. Universities must suspend the return of students to classrooms.
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