Shanghai Library closed for medical screening

The Shanghai Library has been closed for medical screening, the library said in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement, issued at 12:06am on the library's official Weibo account, said it will be shut down for medical screening targeting relevant people and the venue, following the requirement of the prevention and control of the coronavirus in Shanghai and China.

The statement didn't mention when it will reopen.

No new locally transmitted cases were reported in Shanghai on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Shanghaifabu, the official social media account of Shanghai Information Office, replied to a netizen's inquiry about the details of Omicron-infected patient in Guangzhou, who was earlier in Shanghai.

The patient, a 67-year-old man, entered China from Canada on November 27, and had since been quarantined at a designated venue in Shanghai.

During the quarantine period, no fever or other symptoms were observed. The patient also took four nucleic acid tests, all coming back negative.

On December 11, the day he finished quarantine, he traveled from Shanghai to Guangzhou. During his home quarantine on December 13, he tested positive for COVID-19, which later turned out to be the Omicron variant.