More than 80,000 tourists have been left stranded in a popular resort in China after a coronavirus outbreak sparked a lockdown, reported BBC. Authori
More than 80,000 tourists have been left stranded in a popular resort in China after a coronavirus outbreak sparked a lockdown, reported BBC. Authorities cancelled all flights and trains from Sanya, known as “China’s Hawaii”, on Saturday, a day after 263 positive cases were confirmed. Travellers must now present five negative PCR tests over seven days before being allowed to leave. China is the only major economy to still follow a “zero Covid” policy. The country has recorded fewer than 15,000 deaths since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University. However, there have been concerns about the impact of the strict rules, including mass testing and local lockdowns, on the economy, reported BBC.
Essential services such as supermarkets and pharmacies remain open, but entertainment venues have been closed since last week, AFP news agency reports. Authorities have said they will ask hotels to offer a 50 per cent discount until restrictions are lifted. Sanya is not the only city to have gone into lockdown in recent months. Around a million people in a suburb of Wuhan, the city in central China where Covid 19 was first recorded, faced fresh curbs last month after four asymptomatic cases were confirmed.
Watch against contagion
In the last 24 hours 491 new cases of contagion and 1 death caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are below 500 in the last 24 hours, while there were below 1 death reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
State Health Authorities insist that Guanajuato should maintain health protection.
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