Thousands of Chinese tourists are stranded in Tibet as the region suffers a spike in coronavirus cases and provinces impose restrictions on travel from the area.
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Tourists leaving Tibet are required to present two negative PCR tests within three consecutive days, a green code for the COVID-19 tracking app to indicate low-risk status and a negative RAT test at the airport. Chinese media outlet Caixin reported that several coronavirus cases were detected from people who travelled by train from Tibet's capital Lhasa to Beijing and Shanghai.
According to China Central Television, medical personnel from Gansu, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shannxi provinces have been sent to the region to help conduct PCR tests. Authorities in Deqin county, in the south-west province of Yunnan, said its quarantine system had reached capacity for people arriving from Tibet, leaving hundreds stuck on the highway leading up to the border.
She said she was stuck on the G214 highway for three days and then drove more than six hours to a hotel in Shangri-La for a further seven days of quarantine.