Nearly 90% of Urumqi flights cancelled Friday after...
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Data from information provider Flight Master showed that as of 9:17 am on Friday, 89 percent of Urumqi Airport's total number of inbound and outbound flights had been canceled, after one symptomatic case and three asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 were reported on Thursday in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
In fact,
Chinese airlines have begun to take strict measures to stop the spread
of COVID-19 for travelers into and out of Xinjiang.
Starting on
Friday, Chinese airlines such as Juneyao Airlines and Shenzhen Donghai
Airlines announced that all passengers to and from Urumqi must show
negative nucleic acid test results taken within 7 days and ensure their
health code is displayed as safe to travel. The passengers that fail to
satisfy these requirements will need to undergo a 14-day quarantine for
medical observation.
China Eastern Airlines said on Wednesday
that all passengers who plan to fly Xinjiang will be required to display
negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test results taken within 7 days, and a
green health code, which shows the individual is not required to be
under quarantine and can freely travel around the city.
Data
from information provider VariFlight said that by 10:30 am on Friday,
326 inbound and 302 outbound flights in Urumqi had been canceled.
Xinjiang
must take strict measures to stop the spread of the virus, prevent
imported cases from entering the region, and strengthen COVID-19 testing
capabilities in densely populated areas, Xinjiang's Party chief Chen
Quanguo said on Thursday at a Party meeting.
Xinjiang tightened control after COVID-19 home cases revealed
Tourists visit the Grand Bazaar Food Street in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Xinjiang should take strict measures to curb the virus spread, prevent imported cases and strengthen testing in densely populated areas, Xinjiang's Party chief Chen Quanguo said on Thursday at a Party meeting after one symptomatic and three asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported in Urumqi, the capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Officials emphasized the need to
tighten grid management in communities and rural areas across Xinjiang,
and enhanced screening in fever clinics in region's hospitals.
Efforts
should be also made to strengthen publicity, education and guidance on
epidemic control and prevention, and respond to social concerns in a
timely manner, officials stressed at the meeting.
Starting from
Friday, Juneyao Air asked all passengers to and from Urumqi of Xinjiang
to show negative nucleic acid test within seven days and make sure the
health code is in safe status. Those who fail to meet the requirements
will undergo a 14-day quarantine for medical observation.
As of Friday morning, flights to and from Urumqi had been largely canceled, with the cancellation rate at 89 percent.
The
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture neighboring Urumqi announced on
Friday that it will suspend all of its public bus operations, while all
front-line workers will be required to take nucleic acid testing, and
all vehicles thoroughly sterilized during the temporary suspension.
Jilin
city's Fengman district in Northeast China's Jilin Province announced
it will strengthen its health screening procedures for those coming to
the city from Xinjiang since June 25, as new cases of COVID19 were
reported in the region.
During the period of national regular
epidemic prevention and control, sporadic cases are hardly evitable and
there is no need for excessive panic, Chinese epidemic prevention expert
Tao Lina told the Global Times on Friday. However, with unknown source
and transmission route of the coronavirus, tightened control and
extended screening are still significant as some asymptomatic infected
ones are still at risk of transmission.
Tao said that it was
necessary to compare the genetic sequencing results of the novel
coronavirus from Beijing and Urumqi to determine whether the cases were
related. "But because Xinjiang has a much smaller population density
than Beijing, it should be relatively easy to control," said Tao.
Source: Global Times;
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