Chinese warned not to visit elderly relatives as Covid spreads from cities

People urged don't go home' during lunar new year holiday if older family members not yet infected

People in China have been warned against travelling to visit their elderly relatives during the lunar new year holiday, as Covid spreads rapidly through cities and into regional and poorer areas.

Prof Guo Jianwen, a member of the state council's pandemic prevention team, urged people don't go home to visit them" if elderly relatives had not yet been infected.