Airport epidemics reappear in two places in China: multiple cases of airport staff infections in Tianjin and Shanghai

People’s Daily Health Client Chen Longfei

According to the National Health and Health Commission, Shanghai Health and Health Commission, Tianjin Health and Health Commission and other sources, as of 24:00 on February 28, according to incomplete statistics from the People’s Daily health client, this round of epidemic has It involves 17 places including Shenzhen, Dongguan, Tianjin, Shanghai, Sanya, and Hohhot. Among them, the current round of epidemics in Shanghai and Tianjin are both related to the airport.

Shanghai added 7 asymptomatic infections on the 8th, 4 of which were airport staff

From 0:00 on February 21st to 24:00 on February 28th, 7 new cases of asymptomatic infection were reported in Shanghai, 4 of which were staff in the transit area for inbound passengers at Pudong Airport. In addition, 1 case is a staff member of the entry centralized isolation point, 1 case is a relative of an imported asymptomatic infection detected during the closed-loop health monitoring period, and 1 case is a close contact of a confirmed case in another province.

According to Shanghai’s release, 3 new cases of local asymptomatic infection were added in Shanghai on the 28th, all of whom were staff members of the inbound passenger transfer area at Pudong Airport. This is a report from the 26th Japanese city. close contacts of local asymptomatic infected persons. Closed-loop isolation and control measures have been implemented in the early stage of the three cases of asymptomatic infection, which were found in routine nucleic acid testing, and epidemic prevention measures such as terminal disinfection have been implemented in the places and environments involved.

4 airport cleaning staff in Tianjin are diagnosed, accidental exposure infection cannot be ruled out

On the evening of February 24, a cleaning staff at Tianjin Binhai International Airport was diagnosed with a new crown case (light). As of 24:00 on February 28, Tianjin Binhai International Airport has reported a total of 19 positive infections, including 4 airport cleaners.

February 26th Tianjin New Crown Epidemic Press Conference. Picture released from Tianjin

On February 26, the Tianjin Epidemic Press Conference announced that the sequencing result of the first confirmed case in this round of the epidemic was the Omicron variant strain, which was the same as that of the imported case sample on February 17. The viral sequences are highly homologous. Preliminary research concluded that the case was a related case imported from abroad, and it cannot be ruled out that it was caused by accidental exposure to infection during work.