In China, where the infection of the new coronavirus is rapidly expanding, the return of migrant workers to their hometowns is in full swing from the 7th before the long holidays in line with the Lunar New Year.


A total of nearly 2.1 billion people are expected to travel in the 40 days before and after the Lunar New Year, and there are concerns about an increase in the number of infected people in rural areas where many elderly people who are at high risk of becoming seriously ill live.

In China, which celebrates the New Year according to the lunar calendar, a long holiday will begin on the 21st of this month to coincide with the Chinese New Year.



In advance of this, the number of trains and buses will be increased from the 7th, and at Guangzhou Station in southern Guangdong Province, migrant workers and families with large luggage will visit one after another from the early morning.



A woman in her 40s who takes 17 hours to go home by train said, "She hasn't been home for nearly three years due to the new corona, so I want to spend time with her parents."



This year, nearly 2.1 billion people, twice as many as last year, are expected to move in the 40 days before and after the Lunar New Year, as the "zero corona" policy, which entails strict restrictions on movement, has virtually ended.



Amid the rapid spread of infections in various places, there is concern that the number of infected people will increase in rural areas where there are many elderly people who are at high risk of becoming seriously ill due to returning to their hometowns. increase.



A woman in her 30s who returned to the inland area said, "Many elderly people infected with the virus have died around me. I'm worried that a new mutated virus will spread during the Spring Festival."