India’s epidemic spread to China 10 crew members of Zhejiang Hong Kong cargo ship confirmed

According to the Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission on the 29th, the province added 11 confirmed cases on the 28th, 10 of which were imported from India, the patients are Chinese nationals, the crew of the Hong Kong-based cargo ship “Huayang Chaoyang”.

Zhejiang Zhoushan Health Commission said that no close local contacts have been found, and will continue to do the relevant disposal work in accordance with the law.

According to the report, the cargo ship “Hua Yang Chaoyang” a total of 11 crew members of the new coronary nucleic acid test positive, after review and expert group determination, the final determination of 10 cases of confirmed, 1 case of asymptomatic infection. The above 11 crew members have been transferred to a designated hospital for treatment on the 26th closed loop, the remaining 9 crew members continue to stay on board.

According to the report, since 2021, the cargo ship involved has called at Chittagong, Bangladesh, Kakinada, India, Singapore, Xiamen, China and other ports, the existing crew of 20 people, all of Chinese nationality, currently anchored in Zhoushan Xinya shipyard anchorage due to pending repairs.

According to the Chinese National Health Commission, China yesterday added 20 cases of confirmed cases imported from abroad, including 11 cases in Zhejiang, 5 cases in Shanghai, and 1 case each in Shanxi, Hubei, Guangdong and Sichuan; 14 asymptomatic infected persons were added, all of whom were imported from abroad. So far, China has 324 confirmed cases, with a cumulative total of 90,642 confirmed cases and 4,636 deaths.