Chinese authorities battle latest COVID outbreak in advance of key holiday period – The Moodie Davitt Report -The Moodie Davitt Report

Key stories from China and related to Chinese travellers are featured each week on The Moodie Davitt Report's WeChat Official Account. Please scan the QR code to follow us. CHINA. Just days away from the first of the country's two major holidays - Mid-Autumn Festival on 21 September and the National Day holidays starting from 1 October - authorities are battling hard to curb the latest COVID-19 outbreak. The two holidays are all-important for China's domestic travel retail sector, including the Hainan offshore duty free business. The outbreak began when a single case was reported on 10 September in Putian,…