South China airport cancels flights after COVID case

The airport in China’s southern city of Shenzhen cancelled an complete lot of flights and tightened entry controls Saturday after a restaurant worker tested optimistic for the Delta coronavirus variant.

Somebody coming into the facility must indicate a detrimental virus take a look at from the closing 48 hours, Shenzhen Airport Community said in a press begin on its official WeChat social media memoir.

City health officials said a 21-one year-musty waitress at Shenzhen Baoan World Airport had been contaminated with the Delta variant of the virus.

The lady tested optimistic all the arrangement in which thru a routine take a look at for airport workers performed Thursday, they said.

Shenzhen, a mainland Chinese language city neighbouring Hong Kong, is house to some of Asia’s most attention-grabbing tech firms together with telecoms instruments maker Huawei and gaming big Tencent.

China on Friday reported 30 fresh coronavirus cases, together with six local transmissions in the southern province of Guangdong the establish Shenzhen is found.

The airport entry restrictions got here into invent from 1 pm local time Saturday (0500 GMT).

Nearly 400 flights to and from the airport were cancelled Friday, data from flight tracker VariFlight confirmed. Dozens of flights scheduled for Saturday morning were moreover dropped.

Passengers would uncover refunds on their tickets without penalty, the airport authority said.

Hundreds and thousands of Shenzhen residents were tested for the virus in fresh weeks after a minute outbreak at town’s port earlier this month.

© 2021 AFP