Worker at Ningbo-Zhoushan port, world’s busiest cargo port, tests positive for coronavirus
宁波舟山港码头发现1例新冠病毒核酸检测阳性人员
A worker from a container shipping company in East China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan port, which is said to be world’s busiest cargo handling port, tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. The person infected through contact with foreign cargo or personnel.
The 34-year-old patient, surnamed Yu, is under hospital quarantine now. All close contacts of Yu are also under epidemic management; and the sites involved have suspended work and were disinfected.
An epidemiological survey suggested that the patient, who showed no symptoms, may have been infected through contact with foreign cargo or personnel, and further investigation is underway.
Yu works in a container shipping company in Zhoushan port, the world’s largest port in terms of annual throughput. Contaminated cargos, especially cold-chain products, coming into China via ports and other channels caused several COVID-19 flare-ups last year. This propelled the government to stipulate employees working in relevant fields subjects to frequent COVID-19 tests.
In May, a worker at an international cargo company in Yantian port, South China’s Shenzhen, also tested positive for coronavirus.
It is yet unclear how Yu was infected.
刚刚，宁波市卫健委发布通报：
8月11日上午，宁波舟山港码头发现1例新冠病毒核酸检测阳性人员，相关情况如下：
余某，男，34岁，家住宁波市北仑区白峰街道白峰村蒋岙3-3号，工作单位为宁波梅东集装箱码头有限公司，工作期间由单位集中闭环管理，居住于梅山港区金创工业园区宿舍。
余某按要求定期接受新冠病毒核酸检测，8月8日检测结果为阴性；8月10日再次检测，11日凌晨，余某新冠病毒核酸检测结果呈阳性。目前，余某在定点医院隔离留观。
目前排查确定的密切接触者及次密接触者已全部管控到位。相关场所已暂停作业并进行环境消杀。后续情况将及时向社会公布。
宁波市卫生健康委员会
2021年8月11日
