Visitors Constrained in Xinjiang After a Regional COVID-19 Outbreak

Visitors Constrained in Xinjiang After a Regional COVID-19 Outbreak
A medical worker collects samples to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, on Sept. 18, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Travelers in China’s far-western Xinjiang region are currently confined to hotels and awaiting nucleic acid tests amid a regional COVID-19 outbreak.

The Xinjiang Health Commission confirmed on Oct. 4 that two asymptomatic individuals tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, in Khorgas of Ili prefecture, a city bordering Kazakhstan.