China High-Speed Rail Line Ordered to Urgent Halt En Route Due to Chief Conductor Diagnosed With COVID

The high-speed train that runs on the new 2,298 kilometer (1,425-mile) line between Beijing and Guangzhou runs into Xuchang East Station, Xuchang, central China's Henan Province on Dec. 26, 2012. STR/AFP/Getty Images

A running high-speed rail line in southern China was called to suspend service after receiving a notice announcing that its manager had been diagnosed with COVID-19.

At around 16:00 local time on March 30, China’s railway authorities ordered Train G2190 to immediately interrupt its trip, citing that its chief conductor surnamed Tang tested positive, according to a March 31 notice by the command center for novel coronavirus control and prevention in Loudi City, southern China’s Hunan Province.