Hundreds of flights cancelled as China tackles Covid outbreak

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China is now grappling with flare-ups in a dozen regions linked to tourists, spurring officials to order millions to stay home, restrict inter-provincial travel and ramp up testing.

On Friday queues stretched down the roads outside medical centres in the capital as people sought to comply with newly-enhanced Covid controls.

"I initially arranged to meet friends here , but the recent outbreak made many suddenly say they're not coming," she said. On Thursday rail authorities ordered two Beijing-bound high-speed trains to stop and sent over 450 passengers to be tested after staff members were identified as close contacts of infected people.Authorities in Harbin -- the capital of the northeastern Heilongjiang province -- warned 10 million residents against outbound travel and grounded a third of flights at the city's airport.

 

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