Train from Tibet brings cases to the capital

At least 29 passengers aboard a train that set off from Lhasa in the Tibet autonomous region on Monday and arrived in Beijing on Wednesday had tested positive for COVID-19 by Friday noon, after they'd disembarked at various stations along the more than 3,700-kilometer route.

The train, Z22, had 10 stops during its over 40-hour journey, passing through five provincial-level regions－Qinghai, Gansu, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Shanxi and Hebei, Beijing Daily reported.

As of Friday, Beijing and four provinces had reported a total of 29 positive cases－two in the capital, 13 in Hebei, five in Henan, seven in Shanxi, one in Shandong and one in Gansu. All tested positive after they got off the train, according to local COVID-19 prevention and control authorities.