A foreign crewman in zhoushan shipyard tested positive for the new coronavirus
According to zhoushan's official wechat account, on November 17, a novel coronavirus nucleic acid positive case was detected in a routine test of the Tigeris vessel being repaired at a shipyard in Liuheng, Zhoushan city.
The positive sailor was transferred to a designated medical institution in a closed loop on November 18 for isolation and medical observation. According to the survey results, the crewman, a Romanian, said he had been diagnosed with COVID-19 outside China in December 2020 and boarded the ship in July 2021 after recovering. After entering the factory, the crew has been working on the ship without leaving the ship.
The Ship Tigris, a Maltese, entered Shenzhen on August 10, 2021 and arrived on October 5. After nucleic acid tests of all crew members were negative twice, it was put into the factory for maintenance. Nucleic acid tests will be conducted every 14 days by the ship's crew during maintenance.
The municipal and district CDC departments promptly carried out epidemiological investigations and identified 19 close contacts, all of whom have implemented control measures. A total of 6,682 nucleic acid samples were taken from contacts and other related persons, and the first test results were all negative. A total of 340 environmental samples were collected from ships and factories, all of which were negative. At present, the factory area and staff quarters have been implemented closed management.
Since the epidemic prevention and control became regular, The city has strictly implemented the two-level examination and approval for repairing foreign ships. So far this year, a total of 1,774 foreign ships have been repaired, and 14 foreign ships (including Hongjin) related to the epidemic have been successfully dealt with.
Zhoushan city prevention office reminds remind, the risk of the operation of the outer ship still exists, the operation personnel should strengthen self-protection, strictly implement the "three no contact" operation, when boarding the ship operation in accordance with the requirements of personal protection.
The general public should enhance their awareness of personal protection, comply with the enhanced immunization vaccination as soon as possible booster shots, adhere to scientific norms to wear masks, wash hands frequently, ventilation, do not gather, and maintain safe social distancing.
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