the authorities of the cities of Fuzhou, the administrative centre of the province of Fujian in Southeast of China, announced the transition of the city into “wartime mode” due to the discovery of a man with asymptomatic COVID-19. According to local media, it caught the coronavirus during the trip in Dalian (Liaoning province) where recently there was the outbreak of a dangerous infection.
the Patient, got a virus, was a local Builder by the name of Qi, according to Chinese newspaper Global Times. Epidemiological investigation showed that the man to identify the infection had been to work in several medical institutions, parks and hotels.
as of Monday evening, July 27, 1495 all direct and indirect contact with him have tested for the nucleic acid. While the tests 604 of them showed a negative result.
Colleagues of the patient and his close relatives have already been placed under a 14-day home isolation. Moreover, the government has ordered that the construction site where the man worked, were completely disinfected.
Employee of the Bureau of emergency situations Fuzhou told the Global Times Tuesday, July 28, that the city declared a “wartime mode”. According to him, is “to increase the level of vigilance” among the population.
“anyone who enters the city, just need to show your code and then people can move freely, he added. Thus, we remind people that we need to be careful.”
the Government of Fuzhou, whose population exceeds 6 million inhabitants, is planning to take strict quarantine measures at train and bus stations and airports for people who are from areas of medium and high risk COVID-19, including Dalian and Urumqi. Those citizens who have arrived in Fuzhou of these areas after July 5, should inform and be tested for the nucleic acid.
the Number of new cases of coronavirus in Dalian has risen sharply in recent days. In recent days identified a further six patients in the active form and 12 in asymptomatic. Moreover, local infection reportedly spread to nine other cities, including Beijing.
we will Remind, on July 27, health officials, China announced its intention to test all the six million residents of Dalian on the existence of a new type of coronavirus. An outbreak of the dangerous infection were recorded in the Chinese city last week. Initially, the authorities of the city reported only one confirmed case of the virus: they found 58-year-old employee of the plant for processing of seafood. The symptoms of the disease appeared to him on July 16, and by 22 July, he was diagnosed with COVID-19.
the health Department of Dalian messaging��that the work of the enterprise, as well as 18 local branches that distribute the product, the company temporarily suspended. All employees of the plant, as well as the people who were in close contact with a sick person in quarantine.
