The Beijing Subway has closed 64 stations since May 4 due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the city, according to the message published on Wednesday in the subway's account on the Chinese social network Weibo.
Report informs citing TASS that the suspension of 44 stations was reported on Wednesday morning, and in the afternoon, the metro announced the closure of another 20 stations. According to the statement, such a decision was made "for the prevention and control of the outbreak."
The Beijing Subway has been operating since 1971. The length of its operating lines is 783 km. There are 459 stations in the Beijing subway (including 72 with the possibility of transfer). On average, the Beijing Subway carries about 12.5 million passengers per day.
Since April 22, at least 453 cases of COVID-19 infection have been identified in Beijing.