Shanghai said on Monday it had discovered one new confirmed coronavirus case involving a 51- year-old man who carried out transportation work at the city’s Pudong Airport.
The case comes as Shanghai is hosting the China International Import Fair (CIIE), a major import fair aimed at highlighting China’s openness to trade. The event begun on Nov. 5 and is set to end on Tuesday.
On Sunday, China reported a local infection in Tianjin - a cold storage worker who had handled frozen pork from Germany. The city government is carrying out tests on some cold storage facilities and their staff.
Wu Jinglei, the head of Shanghai’s health commission, told a news conference that the man there had not recently come into contact with frozen products, nor had he been involved with the CIIE over the course of his work.
The city has raised the risk level for Zhujiao town in the Pudong New Area, where the patient lives, to medium-risk. However the risk level for other parts of Shanghai remains unchanged.
Shanghai confirmed one new Covid-19 case involving a 51-year-old man who works as a cargo handler at Pudong Airport, the first locally transmitted case in the financial hub in nearly five months, authorities said Monday.
The case appeared as Shanghai is hosting the China International Import Fair (CIIE), a huge trade expo that China is promoting as a major step toward further opening up its economy. The event started Nov. 5 and is set to end Tuesday.
On Sunday, health officials in the northern city of Tianjin reported that a 38-year-old person who also works as a cargo handler contracted Covid-19. A 47-year-old male truck driver who recently delivered frozen foods in the area where the first man is believed to have been infected was confirmed with the coronavirus Monday.
Shanghai said on Monday it had discovered one new confirmed coronavirus case involving a 51- year-old man who carried out transportation work at the city’s Pudong Airport.
