Shanghai quarantines 186 people after COVID-19 case at airport
10 November, 2020
Authorities in China’s financial hub of Shanghai have quarantined 186 persons and conducted COVID-19 tests on a lot more than 8,000 after a freight handler at the city’s main airport terminal tested positive for the coronavirus.
The town government said on its microblog on Tuesday (Nov 10) that it remains unclear the way the 51-year-old man contracted the virus, which includes largely spared the sprawling metropolis despite its dense population and strong international links.
It says no additional cases have already been found.
In China’s northern port city of Tianjin, a lot more than 77,000 people have been tested after a locally transmitted case was reported there on Monday.
That case was believed to be associated with a cold storage warehouse, reinforcing suspicions that the virus may be spreading to victims from frozen food packaging.
22 NEW CASES
China reported 22 new COVID-19 cases as of Nov 9, down from 33 cases a day earlier, its health authority said on Tuesday.
Aside from the Shanghai local infection, the rest of the 21 cases were imported by people returning from overseas, the National Health Commission said.
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The commission also reported 25 new asymptomatic cases, up from nine a day earlier.
The full total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in mainland China now stands at 86,267, as the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634.
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