Quick action over asymptomatic cases in outskirts
Citizens line up to take PCR tests near Hongqiao Railway Station.
Shanghai on Saturday reported two COVID-19 community cases in the city's outlying towns, who had visited several markets and garbage-recycling stations.
The 55-year-old woman, listed as an asymptomatic case, lives in Liuxiang Village in Nanxiang Town of Jiading District. The other asymptomatic case, a 66-year-old man, lives in Chenjiahang Village of Gucun Town, Baoshan District.
Both tested abnormal during recent regular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screenings, and have been put under quarantined medical observation.
Apart from her accommodation, the woman had been to a grocery store, a fruit store and two waste-recycling stations in Jiading, along with a neighborhood in Minhang and an apartment for seniors in downtown Yangpu District.
The man had been to an office park at 898 Zhenchen Road in Baoshan, apart from his accommodation.
A total of 393 close contacts of the new community cases had been traced and placed under central quarantine as of 4pm on Saturday. Among them, 128 have tested negative.
A total of 4,631 related people have been screened, and all tested negative. Three items at the cases' accommodations returned positive among the 280 items and environmental samples.
The building and villagers' group where they live have been listed as high-risk areas and put under lockdown.
Shanghai reported six locally transmitted confirmed cases and 22 local asymptomatic infections for Friday. All tested positive during central quarantine.
Shanghai reported two community cases in Jiading and Baoshan districts on Saturday.
Shanghai designated a new high-risk area on Saturday.
High-risk areas in Shanghai at present.
