Travelers in China’s far-western Xinjiang region are currently confined to hotels and awaiting nucleic acid tests amid a regional COVID-19 outbreak. The Xinjiang Health Commission confirmed on Oct. 4 that two asymptomatic individuals tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, in Khorgas of Ili prefecture, a city bordering Kazakhstan. The reported number of infections may not accurately reflect the total, given the Chinese regime’s record of underreporting its true case numbers. Flights and trains connected to Ili prefecture have been halted since Sunday evening, the state-backed Beijing Youth Daily reported on Monday, citing the panel tasked with preventing and controlling pandemics in Ili prefecture. People who travel to Ili during the seven-day holiday cannot leave the prefecture and must wait for the nucleic acid tests, the report said. It didn’t mention when the restriction would be lifted. The sudden travel ban and strict …