Citizens are thinking twice before traveling for the holiday season due to restrictions
Reuters
January 26, 2021
People wearing face masks walk past a Chinese flag, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country, in Beijing, China January 11, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/file
Many Chinese citizens have reluctantly decided against booking a flight for the mid- February Lunar New Year holidays. To limit the spread of COVID-19, the government has discouraged travel in what is normally the busiest time of the year. Those who are going anyway must present a nucleic acid test with negative results taken in the past seven days before departing.
January 26, 2021
published at 5:02 AMReuters
To limit the spread of Covid-19, the government has discouraged travel in what is normally the busiest time of the year.
Reuters
BEIJING - Ms Iphie Nie, a 30-year-old designer in Beijing who usually travels to visit family in her hometown of Shenzhen during the Chinese New Year has, like many Chinese, reluctantly decided against booking a flight for the mid-February holiday.
To limit the spread of Covid-19, the government has discouraged travel in what is normally the busiest time of the year. Those who are going anyway must present a nucleic acid test with negative results taken in the seven days before returning home.
Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021 12:54 PM MYT
People wearing face masks are seen on a street decorated with street lights in the shape of Chinese lanterns ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing January 26, 2021. Reuters pic
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BEIJING, Jan 26 Iphie Nie, a 30-year-old designer in Beijing who usually travels to visit family in her hometown of Shenzhen during the Lunar New Year has, like many Chinese, reluctantly decided against booking a flight for the mid-February holiday.
To limit the spread of Covid-19, the government has discouraged travel in what is normally the busiest time of the year. Those who are going anyway must to present a nucleic acid test with negative results taken in the seven days before returning home.