(Yicai Global) June 17 -- Flights in and out of China’s capital have dropped significantly amid concerns of a second wave of Covid-19.

Some 313 of 786 scheduled flights did not take off yesterday, Beijing Daily reported. Of those cancelled, 162 were inbound and 151 should have departed the city.

On June 15, 665 flights left or arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport, just 40 percent of the slated total, while another 378 left or arrived at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport, about 35 percent of those planned.

Beijing has confirmed more than 100 new Covid-19 cases since June 11 and raised its emergency response to level two, from three, local authorities said in a press briefing yesterday.

The city will tighten control over people coming in and out of Beijing and will send arrivals from overseas to designated locations for observation and testing. 

Those already in medium- and high-risk districts and near the Xinfadi market, where the latest outbreak originated, are not allowed to leave Beijing. Those in other areas must not leave unless absolutely necessary and must also test negative for the disease within seven days before departure.

Editor: James Boynton