China’s Liaoning province has reported 52 new domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases and five silent carriers, all in the coastal tourist city Dalian, which has already suspended schools and colleges amid the latest virus surge, The Global Times reported.<\/p>\n
The Covid-19 prevention and control authority of Dalian said yesterday that the city added 11 new medium-risk areas, bringing the total number to 24. Meanwhile, the Dalian government decided to temporarily shut down non-essential public places, and put key places under closed management to minimise gathering activities.<\/p>\n
So far, 97 asymptomatic patients, including 80 domestic infections and 17 imported cases are being treated in isolation in designated hospitals in Dalian.<\/p>\n
Media reported that all companies involved in importing cold-chain foods have been suspended in Dalian. The first reported case in Dalian’s latest wave since November 4 was a 52-year-old employee working at a cold-chain storage warehouse in Zhuanghe, a city administered by Dalian, The Global Times reported.<\/p>\n
Dalian suspended operation of all imported cold-chain food related companies on November 8, according to the office of Dalian cold-chain food epidemic prevention and control leading group.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time Dalian reported a cold-chain related outbreak.<\/p>\n
In July last year, the outbreak in Dalian was suspected to have originated in the processing workshop of Kaiyang Seafood Company.<\/p>\n
In December 2020, the first infected people of the epidemic in Dalian Jinpu New Area were handlers of imported cold-chain food, the report said.<\/p>\n
Data showed Dalian shoulders nearly one-third of the storage of cold-chain goods in China. The epidemic in Dalian is likely to impact the circulation of cold-chain food in the domestic market, the report said.<\/p>\n
Dalian is the largest port of cold-chain aquatic product imports and an important cold-chain storage and transportation base in China. Nearly 70 per cent of imported cold-chain goods enter China through Dalian port.<\/p>\n
There are about 600,000 imported cold-chain related employees in Dalian, and the epidemic prevention and control pressure brought by imported cold-chain is huge.<\/p>\n
So far, 14 cold storage employees in Dalian have been infected in the latest surge.<\/p>\n
Dalian healthy authority said on Thursday that the outbreak is characterised by clusters of companies, families and schools, with a high viral load, rapid transmission and strong infectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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