Beijing the Chinese capital is reopened to international passenger flights after six months of closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The reopening follows an official announcement that says flights from eight countries, including its ‘all-weather ally’ Pakistan, would be permitted from Thursday 2 September. Beijing, which announced the suspension of all international flights from March 23, on Wednesday announced plans to reopen the airport for international flight resumption beginning Thursday, signaling that the pandemic has been contained in the city.
Countries with relatively low numbers of imported cases were allowed to resume. Flights connecting Thailand, Cambodia, and Pakistan in Asia; Greece, Denmark, Austria, and Sweden in Europe and Canada in North America with a low number of cases were opened to as Beijing welcomes its first direct international flight (operated by Air China) from Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Thursday.
Like other cities in China, all international passengers entering Beijing would undergo 14-day collective quarantine periods for medical observations and take nucleic acid tests twice, Beijing health authority spokesman Gao Xiaojun said on Wednesday during a press conference.
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