BEIJING — About half the flights to and from Beijing’s two airports were cancelled Tuesday as the capital tightened travel restrictions after a trickle of new cases in the city and other parts of the country in the last few days.

VariFlight is an aviation data website that tracks approximately 800-1000 flights for Beijing Capital International Airport as well Beijing Daxing International Airport.

China is committed to a policy of “zero tolerance” for coronavirus management.

The capital and other local authorities are now on alert following a small number of coronavirus-related cases that occurred over the weekend. This suggests the virus could be spreading to more areas. The numbers are not comparable to those in major global cities.

Beijing’s health commission announced Monday that residents who left the city for business trips or leisure trips to areas with confirmed cases should “postpone” returning and stay where they are, according to a CNBC translation of the Chinese text. Residents must According to the commission, you should not travel outside the city without permission.

Anecdotes from Chinese social media showed that people couldn’t book travel to the capital. Unknown how many were affected.

Shanghai Disneyland abruptly closed entry to new visitors on Sunday, Halloween,The virus was tested on more than 33,000 park visitors who visited the park after Saturday. According to the city, none tested positive.

Beijing is hosting a highly-important political meeting next week. is gearing up to host the Winter Olympics in February.

CNBC received information from airport staff that confirmed there was no coronavirus in Beijing. People coming from non-Covid areas must present their Covid results within 48 hours. They will also need to monitor their health for fourteen days once they have entered the city.

China has a “zero tolerance policy” for Covid-19, which means that all foreigners are required to be quarantined in designated hotels after arriving in China. The airport staff stated that anyone wishing to travel to Beijing must complete a 21-day quarantine.

Mainland China reports 54 cases of locally transmitted disease Monday. That brings the number of currently reported cases to just above 900, the National Health Commission states. On Tuesday, Beijing had reported an additional 4 Covid-19 case.

These figures are significantly lower than what is reported for other countries like the U.S. where there’s a coronavirus infection rate of almost 80,000 per day.

China was the first country to experience this highly contagious disease in late 2019 China was the first country to experience the highly contagious virus. It emerged in late 2019.

The pandemic has also spread internationally, resulting in the spreading of the virus. has killed at least 5 million people as of Monday.