Shanghai confirms new local transmission case of COVID-19
Shanghai reported a new local transmission case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to the municipal health commission.
The patient is a 47-year-old woman surnamed Ke. A native of Wuhan, Hubei province, the woman was accompanying her husband for medical treatment in Shanghai.
The couple arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station on May 11 before taking Metro Line 10 and 8 to a 7 Days Inn located on South Xizang road in Huangpu district.
Upon entering the hospital, the couple displayed green health codes, which proved that they were in good health, and were found to have normal body temperatures.
On May 18, the hospital conducted nucleic acid testing for the couple in accordance with the regulation that inpatients and their escorts must be tested for COVID-19.
On May 19, the husband received a negative test result but his wife tested positive. A CT scan also found that she was suffering from chronic inflammation in both lungs.
Ke was immediately quarantined at the hospital and her case was reported to local disease control centers.
Following a consultation with experts, Ke was diagnosed as a confirmed case and transferred to the municipal public health clinical center for quarantine and treatment.
According to the investigation, the nucleic acid tests that the couple underwent at a hospital in Wuhan on May 8 had turned out negative.
The city's disease control department is currently tracing the couple's activities in the city, disinfecting the sites they visited and tracking down those they came into close contact with.
Four people who have had close contact with the couple in Shanghai have already been placed under quarantine and medical observation.
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