THE Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Dunhuang, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, will reopen today after being closed for over a month due to the latest resurgence of the COVID-19 outbreak, local authorities said yesterday.

The Western Thousand-Buddha Caves and the Yulin Grottoes located in the region are also set to reopen today. Visitors to the three sites are required to book tickets online, undergo temperature monitoring and show their health QR code during entry, said the Dunhuang Academy that administers these heritage sites.

Visitors who have recently traveled to medium- or high-risk COVID-19 areas are required to provide negative results of nucleic acid testing taken within 48 hours before arrival, according to the academy.

The daily cap on visitors to the Mogao Grottoes was at 6,000 before the closure, while a new quota will be rolled out after its reopening.

The three sites were closed to the public Oct. 20 due to a resurgence of local COVID-19 cases. No new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in Gansu Province for over two weeks.

(Xinhua)