US, German Embassies in China Suspend Visa Services as COVID Infections Soar

US, German Embassies in China Suspend Visa Services as COVID Infections Soar
A Chinese security guard gestures outside the U.S. embassy in Beijing on Sept. 12, 2020. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. and German embassies in China’s capital of Beijing announced on Dec. 15 the suspension of routine visa services due to the COVID-19 outbreak that’s being seen in other large cities in China, following dozens of countries that have already suspended their visa applications in China.

Meanwhile, concerns have been rising that the COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing will spread to the countryside during travel for the Lunar New Year in January.