Shenzhen will take resolute, swift, scientific and targeted measures against the spread of coronavirus, according to a meeting of the city’s leading group for COVID-19 prevention and control June 19, one day after the city reported two locally transmitted asymptomatic COVID-19 infections during community screenings.
At the meeting, Shenzhen Party chief Meng Fanli stressed that efforts should be made to implement strict closed-loop management of workers at high risk for COVID infection, maintain a tough stance on illegal immigration and smuggling, strengthen joint prevention and control between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, enhance regional coordination in prevention and control, and guarantee supplies of daily necessities and medicines for residents.
There had been no locally transmitted COVID cases in the city for more than a month between May 14 and Friday, according to the city’s health commission.
One of the asymptomatic patients reported Saturday is a 29-year-old woman who lives in the Xiangshanmeishuyuan residential compound in Xiangmihu Subdistrict, Futian District, while the other patient is a 49-year-old man who lives in the east side of Xiangxi Village, Luohu District.
Both patients have been transferred to the city’s designated medical facility for COVID treatment and are in stable condition, the health authority said.
Epidemiological investigation related to the new infections is under way.
Futian has designated the residential compound where the asymptomatic patient lives as a lockdown area where residents must stay at home and door-to-door nucleic acid testing and delivery services are provided, starting 6 p.m. Saturday, according to the district’s COVID-19 prevention and control headquarters office.
The area bounded by Zhu-xiang 1st Road and the wall of Zhuxiang School, Nonglin Road, Jianye 3rd Street and the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway was designated as a control area.
Residents in the control area are required to stay at home and door-to-door nucleic acid testing and delivery services are provided in the first four days. From the fifth day till the end of the control, residents must stay in their own residential building and pick up deliveries at staggered hours.
Zhuyuan Community in Futian has been designated as a prevention area, where gatherings are restricted. Residents are required to forgo unnecessary travel and should hold negative 48-hour nucleic acid test results for work, school and medical treatment.
Schools and off-campus training centers and childcare service agencies in Zhuyuan will be closed starting today until further notice, the district education authority announced yesterday.
In Luohu, the lockdown areas include buildings 42, 18, 19, 20, 41, 43, 47 and 48 in east side of Xiangxicun, Nanhu Subdistrict.
The control areas encompass buildings 4-60, Xiangxi Comprehensive Building, Tangzaiwei, Xiangqun Building, Xiangfu Building, Xianggui Building, Xiangrong Building, Xianghua Building, Xiangxi Building, and Xiangxi Joint Stock Company Building, while the whole of Nanhu Subdistrict has been designated as a prevention area.
Multiple public venues and scenic spots in the city have adjusted their COVID measures following the new infections.
All personnel entering the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, Nanshan Culture and Sports Center, Yantian District Natatorium, HQB Museum, and Shenzhen Happy Valley are asked to provide negative 48-hour nucleic acid test results starting Saturday, according to notices.
Visitors to places such as Fengyan Ancient Temple, Shenzhen Grand Theater, Artron Art Center, and He Xiangning Art Museum should present negative 24-hour nucleic acid test results. Shenzhen Children’s Park, Luohu Art Museum and Ulibrary are temporarily closed until further notice.