12 New COVID Cases, 3 International Flights Suspended

By Ned Kelly, October 24, 2022

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 1 locally transmitted COVID-19 case and 11 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Monday, October 24.

Of the 12 new cases reported, all 12 tested positive during central quarantine, while 0 tested positive during regular screening.

It's another copy and paste day, as the numbers are exactly the same as yesterday, albiet one case had symptoms today.

And – once again – no new community cases.

International flights suspended...

The Civil Aviation Administration of China has announced the suspension of three more international flights to/from Shanghai, after 4% of the total number of passengers on a single flight tested positive for COVID.

Suspended for one week from today, October 24:

United Airlines Flight UA857 to San Francisco
Air France Flight AF198 to Paris

Suspended for one week from next Monday, October 31:

Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK997 to Copenhagen

Here's how CAAC flight suspension rules work:

Passengers testing positive reaches 5 or 4% of total number of passengers – one week suspension
Passengers testing positive reaches 8% of total number of passengers – two week suspension

So, that's today's international flight bad news.

Should you instead be looking for some international flight good news (from a few days ago, admittedly) please click the link below...

New cases by district...

The 1 local case that tested positive during central quarantine was in the following area:

1 in Pudong

The 11 asymptomatic cases that tested positive during central quarantine were in the following areas:

3 in Baoshan
3 in Jing'an
2 in Qingpu
1 in Pudong
1 in Putuo
1 in Yangpu

China COVID hot spots...

Looking to get out of Shanghai?

Below is a list of places that reported 10 or more COVID-19 cases yesterday – locally transmitted and asymptomatic combined – that you may wish to avoid: