Direct flights from Shenzhen to Beijing have been suspended until at least July 1, booking apps showed, ahead of celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party's founding in the capital on that date, Reuters reports.
China's most populous province Guangdong is battling a coronavirus disease outbreak, with 170 confirmed local infections between May 21 and June 21.
No new confirmed local coronavirus patients were reported for June 22. Of the infections, eight were recorded in Shenzhen, while 146 were reported in the provincial capital Guangzhou, though direct flights were still available to Beijing as of Wednesday, booking apps such as CTrip and Fliggy showed.
A Shenzhen government official who declined to be identified and two airline representatives confirmed flights from Shenzhen to the capital had been suspended.
Flights to other mainland destinations appeared to be operating as normal.
The airport in Foshan city, which borders Guangzhou and has reported 12 infections in the last month, announced that it was suspending all flights until July 7 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
While the central city of Wuhan in Hubei province was the initial epicenter of the new coronavirus pandemic, which first emerged there in late 2019, China has largely kept the disease at bay over the past year, with intermittent outbreaks that were quickly contained.
Volunteers register information of residents receiving nucleic acid test for the coronaviorus disease at a residential community in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, June 12, 2021. Massive testing campaigns have been launched in middle and high-risk areas in the city.
![A Kinetica 1-Y5 commercial carrier rocket with 15 satellites onboard blasts off from a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone in Northwest China, Nov 11, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]](https://image.hkstandard.com.hk/f/1024p0/0x0/100/none/9d75efaf2880111bc04de3f4e79a2647/2026-04/v.jpg)
