Guangzhou launches mass nucleic acid testing in three districts after four infections discovered
Global Times
By Global Times Published: Apr 28, 2022 07:12 PM
Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province launched mass nucleic acid testing in three districts on Thursday after discovering three confirmed cases and a silent virus carrier at the Baiyun International Airport on the same day.
The four cases were discovered during routine every-two-day nucleic acid testing at the airport. Three of them work at the airport and the other one is a family member of one of three, Guangzhou officials revealed at a press conference on Thursday, noting that they all received negative results during routine tests conducted on Wednesday.
There were also other 11 preliminary positive COVID-19 patient cases, the officials said.
Guangzhou initiated an emergency response right after the discovery of the cases, according to the officials.
From 0 am to 12 am on Thursday, more than 1.4 million samples had been collected in the districts of Baiyun, Huadu and Yuexiu.
On Wednesday night, the Baiyun airport collected environment samples and disinfected Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.
Some flights scheduled at the airport had been adjusted since Thursday and Terminal 2 had been closed on Thursday morning.
Since 2:30 pm, Terminal 2 had been reopened and domestic flights have been gradually restored.
International flights were not affected, an airport official said at the Thursday press conference.
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