Updates on COVID-19 Situation in Foshan 

on April 17, 2022

From 00:00 to 24:00, April 17, 2022, Foshan reported 1 new local asymptomatic case, which is a close contact associated with the positive truck driver from outside Guangdong. In addition, there were 4 new asymptomatic imported cases from abroad. 

As of 24:00, April 17, there have been a total of 367 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city (including 262 imported from abroad), with no deaths reported. 

1. One new asymptomatic case among close contacts associated with the positive truck driver from outside Guangdong 

Case 36: a 53-year-old male employee of at a textile factory in Xiqiao Science and Technology Industrial Park (西樵科技工业园) in Xiqiao Town, Nanhai District. He received centralized quarantine on April 6 as a close contact of case 5 (an employee of the same factory), and tested negative in 8 nucleic acid testings from April 6 to April 15. On April 16 he tested positive for the first time. On April 17 he tested positive again and then was transferred to a designated quarantine site for medical observation. 

In the nucleic acid testings for the key personnel as well as people in key areas from April 16 to 17, the result of all 2.426 million samples are negative. 

2. Four new asymptomatic imported cases from abroad 

Case 1 departed from Hong Kong on March 26, and arrived at the airport of a city in another province on the same day by flight MU508. After being discharged from the centralized quarantine, case 1 arrived at Guangzhou South Railway Station on April 10 and then was transferred to a centralized quarantine destination in a closed loop. The case tested positive for COVID-19 during the quarantine period, then was transferred to a designated quarantine site for medical observation and became asymptomatic on April 17. 

Case 2 and case 3 departed from Bangladesh on April 6, arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on the next day by flight CZ392, and were transferred to a centralized quarantine destination in a closed loop. The cases tested positive for COVID-19 during the quarantine period, then were transferred to a designated quarantine site for medical observation and became asymptomatic on April 17. 

Case 4 departed from the US on April 2, arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on the next day by flight CZ328, and was transferred to a centralized quarantine destination in a closed loop. The case tested positive for COVID-19 during the quarantine period, then was transferred to a designated quarantine site for medical observation and became asymptomatic on April 17. 

The Office of Foshan COVID-19 Prevention and Control Headquarters

April 18, 2022