Several Flights Cancelled In China As COVID Cases Continue To Surge(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many airports across China have cancelled majority of their flights due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou, which had a particularly bad outbreak of cases, cancelled over 1,000 flights. More than 700 flights were also cancelled at two major airports in the capital Beijing. After reporting 8,176 coronavirus cases the day before, authorities reported around 8,800 more infections nationwide on Thursday. The number of infections in major cities other than Guangzhou, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing has also been rising again in recent days.