Hundreds Of Flights To And From Guangzhou Have Been Canceled, This Is The Reason

Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou. (Intermediate Photo)

BEIJING – The spread of the latest variant of COVID-19 is faster so that the Guangzhou authorities, China, took strict action by canceling hundreds of flights and locking or locking one district in the capital city of Guangdong Province.

Liwan District, the area worst affected by COVID-19, since Monday, May 31, has closed several access roads and 473 crossroads. People living in the area are prohibited from going in and out and all public places are closed. The Guangzhou City Government has also formed 300 teams to carry out epidemiological investigations. This was reported by Antara. The mass vaccination program was also canceled so that medical staff could concentrate more on mass PCR tests. As of Monday afternoon, three million samples have been collected by officers. The Chinese Government Council has also set up a special task force to guide anti-epidemic management in Guangzhou. The tracking of the virus will become clear after a rapid and intensive investigation, said Guangzhou Deputy Mayor Li Ming. to the press.

Flights to and from Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou have also been suspended since Monday. At 11:40 local time, 519 flights or about 37.34 percent of scheduled flights at one of the world's busiest airports were canceled, according to Variflight.com, a flight data service company. Throughout 2020, Baiyun Airport has served 43.77 million passengers. Also on Monday, Guangzhou found 18 new cases, bringing the total number to 23 cases as of May 21. Baiyun Airport is the main international flight destination airport during COVID-19. Guangzhou is one of the cities in China that accommodates international flight users to quarantine for 14 to 21 days before heading to various other cities, especially Beijing which has not yet fully served direct international routes.