305 positive cases! SH starts NEW around of mass nucleic acid

More than half of all districts in Shanghai will start a three-day mass nucleic acid testing on Tuesday as the city is in a tug-of-war against a new wave of COVID-19, which has seen 319 positive cases, with the city designating one high-risk and 37 medium-risk areas.

So far, a total of 305 positive cases mainly linked to the cluster infection from a karaoke bar in Putuo district. Comprehensive analysis of epidemiological investigation and virus gene sequencing comparison results showed that the cluster infection in a beverage company in Huangpu district and the outbreak in a community in Songjiang district shared the same transmission chain with the Karaoke bar outbreak.

What made the situation in Shanghai more complex is the discovery of a COVID-19 case involving the new Omicron subvariant BA.5.2.1.

The arrival of the highly transmissible subvariant aroused many residents' memories who have just emerged from a grueling two-month home-staying. Many netizens asked whether the city would implement another large-scale lockdown on the city government's anti-rumor platform.

Local authorities responded on Sunday night, saying that from Tuesday to Thursday, nine districts and other districts with a record of positive cases will undergo mass nucleic acid testing and during the period, people can move freely with a negative certificate from within 48 hours.

Source:globaltimes

Editor: CH

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