A medical worker collects swab sample from a woman for nucleic acid testing in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, October 4, 2021. (Photo/Xinhua)

The Chinese mainland reported 22 imported COVID-19 cases on October 7, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on October 8.

Of the new imported cases, eight were reported in Shanghai, six in Yunnan, two each in Tianjin, Shandong, and Guangdong, and one each in Henan and Sichuan.

There were no new suspected cases or new deaths from COVID-19 on the mainland, the commission said.

The COVID-19 prevention and control headquarters of the region's Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture holds a news conference on October 7, 2021. (Photo/CCTV)

Tourists that haven't been to Horgos city or the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps's Cocodala city in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region within 14 days can leave by car or plane starting October 7 if they have two negative nucleic acid test results taken within the past 48 hours, according to the COVID-19 prevention and control headquarters of the region's Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture.

The two targeted cities had reported local COVID-19 patients and delayed tourists' departures from Ili to abide by local policies.

At 5:04 pm on October 7, the airliner CA1234 took off from the airport in Yining, the prefecture's capital, to fly to Beijing.

The prefecture's COVID-19 prevention and control headquarters said more flights and railway trips taking tourists from the prefecture back to their own cities will be scheduled in the following days.

Source: China Daily, Xinhua

Editor: Annie