Chinese cities issue travel warnings after Fujian Covid outbreak

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China's Covid-19 outbreak in Fujian province, which has reported 152 local cases in five days, has prompted cities in other parts of the country to issue travel warnings ahead of major holidays.

The travel warnings come ahead of the week-long National Day holiday starting on October 1, a major tourist season, as well as a shorter Mid-Autumn Festival holiday next week.

Even though all new local cases in China since September 10 were reported in southeastern Fujian province only, the northeastern city of Jilin, as well as Maoming and Guangzhou in the south, have advised people against non-essential trips out of their provinces.

Shanxi and Heilongjiang provinces have also made similar advisories.

Read more from Reuters here.

Residents register to take nucleic acid tests at a testing site in Quanzhou, following new cases of the coronavirus in Fujian province, China on September 13. — Reuters
Residents register to take nucleic acid tests at a testing site in Quanzhou, following new cases of the coronavirus in Fujian province, China on September 13. — Reuters

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