Flights To And From Shenzhen China Canceled Due To New Cases Of COVID-19

Flights to and from Shenzhen China were canceled due to new findings of COVID-19 cases. (Photo; Between)

BEIJING - At least 400 scheduled domestic and international flights at Bao'an International Airport, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, have been canceled following the detection of several new cases of COVID-19.

China found 23 new cases, all of which came from abroad, according to data from the China National Health Commission (NHC) as of June 19, 2021. In Shenzhen, there were four new positive cases and one asymptomatic case. Of the four cases, two of them were transported by international flights from South Africa, while the other two, one each from Congo and Indonesia.

The four people are now in stable condition after receiving treatment at Shenzhen No. 3 Hospital, according to the news portal GICExpat.

One asymptomatic case occurred in a Chinese citizen who had just returned from South Africa. On June 15, Shenzhen had 13 new cases and 12 asymptomatic cases, all of which were obtained from Air China flight CA-868 from Johannesburg, South Africa.

Five days earlier the same flight was also found carrying 32 positive COVID-19 passengers. In the aftermath of the positive case, flight CA-868 was suspended for four weeks.

So far, China has reported 91,587 positive cases with 4,636 deaths. Shenzhen is a city adjacent to Guangzhou.

In the last two days there were no new cases in Guangzhou after a few days earlier there were 130 new cases. The two cities are the most densely populated international flight destinations in China as well as quarantine centers for international flight users in the southern region of mainland China.