On January 12, information about Zhang Wenhong, director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases and director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, was quarantined at home in Jing'an, Shanghai.
Screenshots from the network show that at about 17:00 on January 11, a netizen released a WeChat chat record that said, "Today said that Jing'an had a person who came back from abroad 14+7, before they were all negative, the last test, did not wait for the results to go out of the wave, the result was partial to the last time was positive." She visited the fruit shop, visited the 66 LV, so it was closed today. He also lived in a building with Zhang Wenhong, so today Zhang Wenhong was also isolated at home." The chat records are also accompanied by pictures of the suspected confirmed case from January 5 to January 10, involving venues such as Ni Zhang Tea Dance Shanghai Jing'an Temple Store (No. 228 Black Garden Road, Paramount), Jiuguang Department Store and Longji Hong Kong Tea Restaurant, Louis Vuitton Shanghai Plaza 66 store, etc.
On the afternoon of January 12, Red Star News asked Dr. Zhang Wenhong about the matter of being isolated at home, and Dr. Zhang Wenhong said that he was not isolated at home and that the information spread on the Internet was a "rumor".
Red Star News noted that on January 12, Shanghai issued an official micro-notification on the 11th of a new case of asymptomatic infection imported from abroad. The notice said that at 0-24:00 on January 11, 2022, there was a new case of imported asymptomatic infection from abroad. The imported asymptomatic infected person is a Chinese national, studying in the United States, departing from the United States, arriving at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on December 21, 2021, and was placed under centralized isolation and observation after entering customs, during which the nucleic acid test results were negative.
The notification also said that during the subsequent 7 days of health monitoring, the nucleic acid test results on the 2nd day were negative, the nucleic acid test results on the 7th day were abnormal, and after investigation, the nucleic acid test results of the new coronavirus of the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention were positive. After consultation with the municipal expert group, the diagnosis of an asymptomatic infected person is based on the comprehensive epidemiological history, clinical symptoms, laboratory tests and imaging test results. At present, 37 close contacts of the above-mentioned asymptomatic infected persons in the city have been traced, and all of them have been implemented for centralized isolation and observation.
Subsequently, Shanghai released in the comment area in response to netizens' concerns, saying that the places involved in the public asymptomatic cases were No. 2 Wanchun Street in Jing'an District, and the Longji Hong Kong Tea Restaurant on the B1 floor of Jiuguang Department Store. Places where asymptomatic infected people have been active have been terminally disinfected. However, it is not explained why cases that are quarantined after entering customs involve the above places.
(Original title: Zhang Wenhong was isolated at home in Jing'an, Shanghai? My response: It is a rumor)
Source: Red Star News | Author Pan Junwen Cai Xiaoyi
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