Shenzhen Covid-19 cases lower hopes of Hong Kong border reopening
- The southern Chinese cities are expected to delay relaxation of travel conditions until outbreaks in both centres are under control, official says
- Man in Shenzhen tests positive in routine screening and wife confirmed as infected in assessment of close contacts
The Shenzhen Health Commission said on Friday that the cases were detected in routine screening of employees in key industries, and were a husband and wife living in Buji Street in Longgang district.
It is the first time Shenzhen has reported local Covid-19 cases since an outbreak in May 2020.
The commission said the husband, 29, initially tested positive on Thursday and the results were confirmed by Shenzhen’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. His wife, also 29, tested positive during screening of close contacts.
The commission said the couple were transferred to Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital for quarantine and treatment, and authorities were tracing close contacts and disinfecting places the couple had visited.
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Commission director Wu Hongyan said the authority had identified 123 close contacts of the couple and quarantined all of them. So far, no new cases had been found, she said.
