BEIJING - China has suspended Etihad Airways' route from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai for one more week starting on Aug. 24 due to COVID-19 infections on an Aug. 15 flight, the Shanghai city government said on Tuesday.

China had previously suspended the company's Abu Dhabi-Shanghai route for one week from Aug. 17.

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