Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Image courtesy : IC.
Shulan, Jilin Province, the People's Republic of China, has added 11 new confirmed cases of covid on Saturday (9 May 2020). On 10 May 2020, Jilin Province announces that it is adjusting the epidemic risk level of Shulan from 'medium' to 'high' risk, and some trains entering and leaving the city have been suspended. Other provinces and cities in mainland China, according to the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, including Wuhan, Manzhouli and Suifenhe are 'low' risk areas.
According to CCP media The Paper, since there were no newly confirmed local cases in 73 days, Jilin Province reported a local confirmed case on 8 May 2020 involving a 45-year-old female laundry worker of the Shulan Public Security Bureau. According to an official report, she has no history of residence or activities outside the province, and no history of contact with personnel from overseas and key provinces returning to Jilin. So the source of the covid infection is a mystery.
The next day, although the Jilin Province Health Commission did not report new local confirmed cases or asymptomatic infections, 18 close contacts who had local confirmed cases were found and received isolation medical observation. The 11 local confirmed cases reported today are all related to the confirmed laundry worker, including the woman's husband, first sister, second sister, third sister, third brother-in-law and two close contacts. In addition, a person with a history of close contact and three close contacts of the woman’s husband were among those who were diagnosed yesterday.
In addition, within one day of 9 May, Jilin's existing close contacts of locally confirmed cases increased by 236 to 254, and all of them are currently undergoing isolation medical observation at designated locations.
Regarding the mystery of the source of infection of female laundry workers, Yu Chengbo, chief physician of the Department of Infection of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, previously interviewed by the "Health Times" that he is highly skeptical whether the patient has been exposed to strangers or hidden asymptomatic infection or contacted wild mammals such as bats and pangolins in the wild. He said, "Although this possibility is very low, it requires epidemiological experts to track the flow. Secondly, we must also pay attention to whether there is any concealment."
Yu Chengbo also pointed out another possibility, that from 8 April to 30 April 2020, Shulan received a total of 308 Shulan nationals who returned to Russia from Suifenhe and Manzhouli. There are certain omissions, so it is necessary to repeatedly check whether there is an indirect infection caused by the above staff after work or whether the transportation vehicle is not properly disinfected
According to the "People's Daily" report, the news of China Railway Shenyang Bureau Group Company's Jilin depot, affected by the changes in the epidemic prevention and control situation in Shulan, some railway trains entering and leaving Shulan will be suspended from 31 May 2020, including three round trips between Jilin and Shanhetun, Changchun via Jilin to Shulan and Changchun via Yushu to Shulan. In addition, the trains from Changchun Jingshu to Shulan and Jilin to Shulan will also change the terminal and departure timings.
Bayin Chaolu, the secretary of Jilin Province Committee of the CCP, said that epidemic prevention and control is serious and complicated. Local authorities should "never be overly optimistic, war-weary, or off-guard."
The hospital where the laundry worker is hospitalized is out-of-bounds to visitors. About 100 patients and nursing staff are under quarantine.
Ref :
Lianhe Zaobao, Jilin Shulan city sees an increase of 11 local cases, risk level adjusted to 'high', https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20200510-1052175
Global Times, Shulan the only highest response COVID-19 risk city in China, https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1187855.shtml
Li Yun, Zhu Sheng Ru (ed.), Jilin Shulan special infectious disease case, hospital closed, about 100 people quarantined, New Tang Dynasty Television, https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/05/10/a102843160.html
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Image courtesy : IC.
Shulan, Jilin Province, the People's Republic of China, has added 11 new confirmed cases of covid on Saturday (9 May 2020). On 10 May 2020, Jilin Province announces that it is adjusting the epidemic risk level of Shulan from 'medium' to 'high' risk, and some trains entering and leaving the city have been suspended. Other provinces and cities in mainland China, according to the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, including Wuhan, Manzhouli and Suifenhe are 'low' risk areas.
According to CCP media The Paper, since there were no newly confirmed local cases in 73 days, Jilin Province reported a local confirmed case on 8 May 2020 involving a 45-year-old female laundry worker of the Shulan Public Security Bureau. According to an official report, she has no history of residence or activities outside the province, and no history of contact with personnel from overseas and key provinces returning to Jilin. So the source of the covid infection is a mystery.
The next day, although the Jilin Province Health Commission did not report new local confirmed cases or asymptomatic infections, 18 close contacts who had local confirmed cases were found and received isolation medical observation. The 11 local confirmed cases reported today are all related to the confirmed laundry worker, including the woman's husband, first sister, second sister, third sister, third brother-in-law and two close contacts. In addition, a person with a history of close contact and three close contacts of the woman’s husband were among those who were diagnosed yesterday.
In addition, within one day of 9 May, Jilin's existing close contacts of locally confirmed cases increased by 236 to 254, and all of them are currently undergoing isolation medical observation at designated locations.
Regarding the mystery of the source of infection of female laundry workers, Yu Chengbo, chief physician of the Department of Infection of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, previously interviewed by the "Health Times" that he is highly skeptical whether the patient has been exposed to strangers or hidden asymptomatic infection or contacted wild mammals such as bats and pangolins in the wild. He said, "Although this possibility is very low, it requires epidemiological experts to track the flow. Secondly, we must also pay attention to whether there is any concealment."
Yu Chengbo also pointed out another possibility, that from 8 April to 30 April 2020, Shulan received a total of 308 Shulan nationals who returned to Russia from Suifenhe and Manzhouli. There are certain omissions, so it is necessary to repeatedly check whether there is an indirect infection caused by the above staff after work or whether the transportation vehicle is not properly disinfected
According to the "People's Daily" report, the news of China Railway Shenyang Bureau Group Company's Jilin depot, affected by the changes in the epidemic prevention and control situation in Shulan, some railway trains entering and leaving Shulan will be suspended from 31 May 2020, including three round trips between Jilin and Shanhetun, Changchun via Jilin to Shulan and Changchun via Yushu to Shulan. In addition, the trains from Changchun Jingshu to Shulan and Jilin to Shulan will also change the terminal and departure timings.
Bayin Chaolu, the secretary of Jilin Province Committee of the CCP, said that epidemic prevention and control is serious and complicated. Local authorities should "never be overly optimistic, war-weary, or off-guard."
The hospital where the laundry worker is hospitalized is out-of-bounds to visitors. About 100 patients and nursing staff are under quarantine.
Ref :
Lianhe Zaobao, Jilin Shulan city sees an increase of 11 local cases, risk level adjusted to 'high', https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20200510-1052175
Global Times, Shulan the only highest response COVID-19 risk city in China, https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1187855.shtml
Li Yun, Zhu Sheng Ru (ed.), Jilin Shulan special infectious disease case, hospital closed, about 100 people quarantined, New Tang Dynasty Television, https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/05/10/a102843160.html
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