Guangzhou in the afternoon (March 11) reported one new locally transmitted COVID-19 case among the close contacts during the centralized quarantine, according to a press conference on Guangzhou's fight against COVID-19 held today.
Given the complicated and severe epidemic situation, starting today, Guangzhou is suspending all exhibition activities, according to Guangzhou Municipal Commerce Bureau.
Guangdong on Thursday (March 10) reported 11 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases (including 1 case converted from asymptomatic infection), among which one is in Guangzhou, 9 are in Shenzhen, and 1 in Dongguan. A total of 167 local asymptomatic infections were reported, 2 in Shenzhen and 165 in Dongguan.
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*Guangzhou suspends all exhibition activities
The new case is a 35 year-old female, a colleague of the case reported on March 10. On March 9, the COVID-19 testing result of the case was negative during the investigation of key groups. In the early morning of March 10, she was transferred to a quarantine hotel for centralized health management as a close contact.
In the early morning of March 11, her test result was positive. She was transferred to the Guangzhou Eighth People’s Hospital under the closed-loop management. The patient was diagnosed as a COVID-19 case (mild type), who is currently in a stable condition.
At the press conference, CDC expert said that citizens who were previously given a yellow health code, may now be given a yellow code again based on their risk level. In this case, don’t panic. Once you take the nucleic acid testing again in accordance with the regulations, it can change back to the green code.
5 new key areas have been added, all in Baiyun District:
Yuncheng Street Community Health Service Center 云城街社区卫生服务中心
Fresh Fruit Store, Lane 5, Dongyue West Street, Xiaogang 萧岗东约西街五巷新鲜水果店
Meizhixuan Convenience Store (Xiaogang Dongyue Store) 美芝选便利店（萧岗东约店）
Happy Orchard, Lane 14, Dongyue North Street 东约北街14巷开心果园
Lane 1, Dongyue Street 东约大街1巷
COVID-19 testing has been carried out in Yuncheng Street, Baiyun District. As of 15:00, a total of 48,000 samples had been sampled, and the results were all negative. 34 streets in Yuexiu, Liwan, Baiyun, and Haizhu districts today continue to conduct a second round of mass nucleic acid testing.
The Canton Fair Complex announced temporary closure in the afternoon; no entry or exit is allowed.
The Outpatient Building of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Yanjiang Section) will be temporarily closed from March 9 to 12. Normal outpatient services will resume on March 13. The Comprehensive Building of Yanjiang section, Datansha Section, and Haiyin Section are open for regular medical services.
In order to protect the health of students and parents, Guangzhou Children's Palace announced to suspend all courses and offline activities starting March 11.
*Shenzhen reports 9+2 new local cases
There were 11 new local cases in Shenzhen, 9 of which were locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 2 were asymptomatic cases.
Among the new cases, 4 cases were detected among close contacts under quarantine; 7 cases were detected during testing in key areas.
All the new cases have been transferred to the Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen for treatment. They are all in a stable condition.
*Dongguan reports 1+165 local cases
Dongguan reported 1 new locally transmitted COVID-19 case (converted from asymptomatic infection) and 165 new local asymptomatic infections in Dalang Town. All have received quarantine and treatment. Environmental nucleic acid sampling and terminal disinfection have been carried out at the sites involved.
