Chinese Covid-19 outbreak dampens travel enthusiasm for Mid-Autumn Festival
- Some residents had been hoping to go on their first trips since the Covid-19 outbreak started in 2019
- But a Delta variant surge in Fujian province has authorities telling people not to travel
With the Covid-19 pandemic largely under control in China, Mo planned to visit her mother-in-law with her husband and son in Xuzhou, in the eastern province of Jiangsu.
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Lanterns light up Hong Kong’s iconic Tai O village in celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival
The recent spike, which has infected more than 200 people in Fujian as of Thursday, came just before the annual Mid-Autumn Festival holiday and right as the country was kicking off the 14th National Games, a domestic Olympics-style event.
A notice issued by the Beijing Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this week said that if the public must travel they should plan to avoid peak hours. The city health department also told its residents to only travel short distances outside the city.
A similar statement by the Ministry of Education called on teachers and students to only leave their cities if necessary.
