China: 80,000 tourists stranded on Hainan Island due to Covid-19

With its tropical climate and white sand beaches, the city of sanyaon the island of Hainan (China) was the perfect vacation spot in the country. Since Sunday August 7, all flights have been cancelled. With less than 500 cases of Covid-19, no one can leave the island. Thousands of tourists are stranded at the airport. It’s the commotion on the island. Volunteers arrive from all over the country as reinforcements. To isolate the sick or contact cases, makeshift hospitals are set up, as in a stadium.

Everyone must stay at home. Locals and tourists must do PCR tests every day. More than 80,000 tourists are on extended and enforced vacations. “After living through quarantine in Shanghai, we wanted to take some sun vacation in Sanya to get away from it all and then now we are in quarantine in sunny Sanya until Saturday. Back on Sunday in theory”says Thomas Vaucouleur-de City ofAvray, Shanghainese stuck at sanya. According to authorities, the new outbreak comes from the island’s port, where fish are currently being tested for Covid-19.