More than 1,200 flights were cancelled as authorities try to contain a new coronavirus outbreak
Travellers wearing face masks inspect their tickets at Beijing International Airport, June 17 2020. . Picture: AFP
Beijing Capital International Airport’s flight departure page showed more than 80 cancellations for Wednesday morning, and about 50 inbound flights were cancelled. The website of nine-month-old Daxing International Airport in the south of the city showed similar cuts. Cases linked to the Beijing cluster have been reported as far as southeast China’s Zhejiang province, and authorities in the capital have closed schools and implemented more stringent checks on residents.
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