Shanghai adds a new local asymptomatic infection

Chinanews.com, Shanghai, February 25 (Reporter Chen Jing) The Shanghai Municipal Health Commission disclosed on the 25th that from 0-24 on the 24th, 1 new case of local asymptomatic infection was added in Shanghai. During the same period, there were no new confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia in Shanghai.

It is reported that through the joint prevention and control mechanism at the port, Shanghai reported 59 new confirmed cases of imported new coronary pneumonia. During the same period, 8 new cases were cured and discharged in Shanghai.

According to reports, the asymptomatic infected person, female, 31 years old, is a close contact of a confirmed case in another province recently. Arrived in Shanghai on February 21. After receiving the notification from other provinces, they were placed under centralized isolation and control on the day they arrived in Shanghai. During the isolation closed-loop management period, routine nucleic acid screening for the new coronavirus was conducted. The first two tests were negative, the third test was abnormal, and the Shanghai CDC review result was positive. After consultation with experts at the municipal level, and comprehensive epidemiological history, clinical symptoms, laboratory tests and imaging examination results, the patient was diagnosed as asymptomatic infection.

At present, 76 close contacts of the asymptomatic infected person in Shanghai have been traced, and centralized isolation and observation have been implemented. Terminal disinfection has been carried out on places where asymptomatic infected persons have been active. (End)