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Covid-19 under control, millions of Chinese set to travel during national holiday

FRANCE24, 01 Oct 2020
Hundreds of millions of Chinese are set to enjoy their first national holiday since the country beat its coronavirus outbreak. Airports and train stations are bustling in China as people celebrate the start of Golden Week, which marks the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

FRANCE 24 correspondent Charles Pellegrin says there will be 550 million domestic trips in China over the next eight days, indicating Chinese confidence the coronavirus has been sufficiently eradicated in the country.

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