China suspends direct flights with Portugal again after Covid cases among passengers – Sociedade
The Chinese authorities announced today that they would suspend, for two weeks, the air connection between Portugal and China, which had already been suspended for a month, after the detection of cases of Covid-19 on board.
In a statement posted on its official website, the Civil Aviation Administration of China reported that the flight between Lisbon and the Chinese city of Xi’an, operated by the airline Beijing Capital Airlines, will be suspended from July 25, for an additional period of two weeks, after cases of Covid-19 were detected, on June 19, on a flight from Lisbon.
Flights to China are subject to the “circuit breaker” policy, in which when five or more cases are detected on board, the connection is suspended for two weeks. If there are ten or more cases, the call is suspended for one month.
The Portugal – China connection has a frequency of one flight per week.
On the previous flight, carried out on June 12, ten positive cases were detected on board, so the Chinese authorities suspended the call for a period of one month, starting on June 27.
Overall, the flight is therefore suspended for a period of six weeks.
The direct air link between Portugal and China was resumed on June 12 after the state was suspended for more than six months.
Authorities in Xi’an, capital of central China’s Shaanxi province, suspended the link with Lisbon on December 25, 2021, at a time when the region was facing an outbreak of Covid-19. The only resumed this month as international calls.
Under the ‘zero cases’ strategy of the Covid-19 strategy, China has kept its borders closed from the borders since the country’s authorization 20. by 98%, compared to the pre-pandemic period.
Whoever travels to China still has to comply with a seven-day quarantine, in facilities designated by the Government, and three more arrive home.