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Airport personnel waiting for the COVID-19 test at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, on Nov. 23 – Photo: AP
The AP news agency reported on Nov. 23 that Chinese authorities are screening millions of people, applying measures to restrict and close schools after reporting many COVID-19 infections in the community. three cities Tianjin, Shanghai and Manchuria Li (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) last week.
Amid falling temperatures, these three cities are taking action on a large scale, although the number of new infections remains low compared to the United States and many other countries.
On November 23, the National Health Commission of China (NHC) said that 2 new cases of COVID-19 from community infections were recorded in Shanghai in the previous 24 hours, raising the total number of such infections. 7, counting from 11 to 20.
The two most recent cases in Shanghai have been in close contact with an airport employee (who was diagnosed with COVID-19 in early November).
On the night of November 22, the Shanghai Pudong International Airport decided to test its entire staff. They have collected 17,719 samples for testing as of November 23 morning.
Videos circulated online showed the chaos at the airport when staff unexpectedly accepted the test order. Many stood in groups of adults, pressuring officials.
In Tianjin, health workers collected more than 2.2 million samples from residents in Xinhai district after finding five cases of infection in the community last week.
In Manchuria Ly, a city with more than 200,000 residents, local health authorities are testing all residents after they recorded two cases on November 21. They also close entire schools and public places, and prohibit large gatherings like parties.
China now has a total of 86,442 infections and 4,634 deaths from COVID-19 since the first cases were discovered in Wuhan city, Hubei province, in late 2019.
Many experts and government officials have warned that the potential for the spread of COVID-19 is greater in cold climates. Recent outbreak developments have shown that there is still a risk of COVID-19 returning, even though China has generally been under control of the epidemic.
According to the Associated Press, every time it detects cases in the community, China takes a robust approach to dealing with the epidemic, such as closing schools and hospitals, blocking residential areas and testing millions. people.
The United States surpassed 12 million COVID-19 cases a few days before Thanksgiving
