All intl flights to Daxing airport moved to Beijing capital airport

Since Friday, all international inbound flights to Beijing's new Daxing International Airport started to be transferred to Beijing Capital International Airport, an official confirmed at a press conference held in Beijing on Saturday.

Beijing Capital International Airport has strengthened screening for imported cases and set up an isolation zone to handle international flights coming from key epidemic areas. 

China has recorded scattered imported coronavirus in the past week as locally transmitted cases continue to trend down.

The latest national figures showed the number of new virus cases imported into the Chinese mainland surpassed the number of locally transmitted new infections for the first time on Friday, seven to four.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday also said Europe is now the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.