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The annual mass migration of Chinese travellers heading home for Lunar New Year celebrations is in full swing at Shanghai's main train station. Katie Sargent reports.
Shanghai, Jan 29 (EFE/EPA).- China's annual Lunar New Year rush officially continued in Shanghai Friday as Chinese people made trips back to their home towns to celebrate the Lunar New Year amid pandemic.According to China's National Health Commission, people who are going back home need to have a negative COVID-19 test issued up to seven days before departure, 14 days quarantine time, or home observation and testing every seven days (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI).B-ROLL OF PEOPLE WALKING AT THE SHANGHAI RAILWAY STATION AND IN THE AIRPORT IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Beijing, Jan 28 (EFE/EPA).- China's annual Lunar New Year rush officially began Thursday as Chinese people made trips back to their home towns to celebrate the Lunar New Year amid pandemic.The Chinese New Year travel rush, also known as the "Spring Movement", is considered the largest annual human migration and usually begins 15 days ahead of the Lunar New Year. (Camera: WU HONG).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WEARING PROTECTIVE FACE MASKS CARRY THEIR BELONGINGS AT THE BEIJING RAILWAY STATION IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Crowds are seen at Beijing's railway station as people travel home ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday. IMAGES
First passengers arrive in Shanghai as China lifts quarantine requirements for inbound travellers, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as the country battles a surge in Covid cases. IMAGES