Several flights cancelled, curbs imposed amid new outbreak in China

As per details, Guangdong’s health commission reported a total of six new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, including two from Shenzhen and one each in Foshan and Dongguan.

The other cases were in the provincial capital Guangzhou and identified among the quarantined close contacts of previously confirmed patients.

Among the new cases, one is a 21-year old waitress working in a restaurant at Shenzhen Airport and reportedly contracted the Delta strain of the virus.

However, the authorities have ordered 110 of the woman’s close contacts to be quarantined.

That one case has resulted in the cancellation of over 460 flights.
In addition, most of the shops and restaurants at the airport have been closed.

The second patient is a 35-year old Dongguan resident who works in Shenzhen. His case was confirmed on Friday while his 30-year-old wife was confirmed on the same day in Dongguan.

Shenzhen has reported a total of 430 local cases and 110 imported cases since the outbreak began.

The authorities have ramped up the efforts to control the coronavirus.

Along with that, tens of million viral screenings have been done.

The province, has closed off 13 parts of the city visited by suspected cases and screened about 2.5 million people from five townships and districts.

In a bid to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, strict traffic controls will be imposed at transport hubs to prevent crowds from gathering.

According to state broadcaster CCTV, passengers must present a green health code before boarding public transport,

Authorities in Guangzhou are gradually relaxing previously imposed lockdown measures but health officials warned that there was no room for complacency.