Guangzhou has beefed up community and travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus amid the latest COVID-19 resurgence. Local authorities have vowed to strengthen anti-epidemic measures to combat the more transmissible mutation, which was found to be from a strain detected in India.
Passengers are requested to show their "green health code" and negative result for a nucleic acid test conducted within 72 hours, when leaving Guangzhou via airport, railways, highways and other terminals within the city.
In order to reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19 virus caused by the flow of people, Guangzhou has decided to take temporary measures for vehicles and personnel leaving the city. It will take effect from 10:00 pm, May 31, 2021, and it will expire until further notice.
Due to the restrictions, most inbound and outbound flights at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, the world's busiest airport during the pandemic, were canceled on Monday.
As of 11:40 am, the airport had canceled 519 flights, accounting for 37.34 percent of the total. Among them, 300 were inbound, accounting for 40.7 percent of the total inbound flights, according to flight data services company Variflight.com.
