Luggage-laden passengers flocked to railway stations and airports in China’s megacities on Monday, heading home for holidays that health experts fear could intensify a COVID-19 outbreak that has claimed thousands of lives. | Reuters
Ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, also known as the Spring Festival, which officially starts on Jan. 21, state media has been filled with stories of rural hospitals and clinics bolstering their supplies of drugs and equipment.
In China’s most populous city, Shanghai, temporary night trains have been added to meet demand for travelers heading to the eastern Anhui Province, China’s official state news agency Xinhua reported. China’s transport ministry has said it expects more than 2 billion trips in the weeks around the holidays.
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