1200 flights cancelled by China in the wake of fresh Covid-19 cases in Beijing.

Schools were shut in Beijing after a fresh Coronavirus outbreak with the national capital reporting 31 cases in a single day.

On Wednesday, China cancelled more than 1200 flights to and from Beijing’s airports in the wake of fresh Covid-19 virus outbreak in the national capital. All schools have also been shut by the government, as authorities rushed to contain the new outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus around a wholesale food market.

The Second Wave of Coronavirus?

China, which had largely brought the global pandemic under control in recent months, has urged Beijing residents to not leave the city as fear of a second wave of the Coronavirus looms large. On Wednesday, the national capital registered 31 fresh infections. Thousands of people are linked to the new Beijing virus cluster at Xinfadi wholesale food market, and they all will be tested, with 30 residential societies now under strict lockdown. The Chinese state-run media, People’s Daily reported that at least 1225 scheduled flights were axed since Wednesday morning, meaning, about 70 percent of all the flights to and from Beijing’s main airports were cancelled.

Beijing city spokesman Xu Hejian warned the city’s residents in a statement and said,” The epidemic situation in the capital is extremely severe.” Many provinces quarantined travellers from Beijing, all schools which had re-opened in phases were ordered to shut down and conduct lectures online. 

As per the municipal health commission, Beijing has over 137 new infections in the last six days, prompting the officials to close 11 markets and disinfect thousands of food and beverage businesses in the last few days. The officials have ordered the citizens to wear masks in crowded places, suspended inter-provincial group tours, and banned group sports as precautionary measures to contain the outbreak.