Chinanews, Tianjin, November 9th (Reporter Zhang Daozheng) The reporter learned from the Tianjin Prevention and Control Headquarters on the afternoon of the 9th that one new asymptomatic infected person in the city was a truck driver. China-Singapore Eco-city Hailian Cold Storage in Binhai New Area, where the confirmed cases worked.

  The asymptomatic infection is male, 47 years old, from Henan, and his temporary residence is Lingang Road, Binhai New District.

An epidemiological survey of the 138th local confirmed case in Tianjin found that the man had driven a truck to the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city Hailian cold storage to load cold chain food at about 11 am on November 5th.

Although the driver is not a cold storage worker, he is connected to the scene involved and belongs to the second circle of the investigation by the disease control department.

  On the morning of November 8, the Tianjin CDC contacted the driver and found that he had driven to the Tangguantun service area in Jinghai District of our city, and in accordance with the requirements of the CDC, stopped at the Tangguantun service area to wait, and then transferred by 120 ambulances Go to the People's Hospital of Jinghai District to be isolated from the fever clinic and undergo nucleic acid testing.

A nucleic acid sample was tested positive by the Jinghai District People’s Hospital, and another sample was sent to the Jinghai District CDC for review.

He has no clinical symptoms such as fever or cough. He was diagnosed with asymptomatic infection on the morning of November 9 and has been transferred to a designated hospital.

  The staff of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Jinghai District are conducting epidemiological investigations.

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