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Sudden COVID-19 Lockdown Traps Travelers to Tibet on Bridge for Days

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Sudden COVID-19 Lockdown Traps Travelers to Tibet on Bridge for Days
Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Traditionally, Lhasa is the seat of the Dalai Lama, the capital of Tibet, and is the world's highest elevation capital. Feng Li/Getty Images
Sophia Lam
Sophia Lam
8/29/2022|Updated: 8/29/2022
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People on a sightseeing trip to Tibet did not expect their journey would come to a halt on a bridge because of a recent COVID-19 outbreak in that country.

Among the group, was a family of six who left China’s central Hubei Province to drive to Tibet on July 30; but on Aug. 13, they were stopped on the Jinsha River Bridge because of a sudden lockdown.

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