At the press conference on epidemic prevention and control in Shanghai held this afternoon (19th), Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, announced that from 0 to 17:00 today, there was one new case of local asymptomatic infection in Shanghai.

The emergency response mechanism for epidemic prevention and control in the city and district responded immediately, comprehensively carried out epidemiological investigation, relevant personnel investigation, sampling and testing, and prevention and control management, and implemented epidemic prevention measures such as terminal disinfection of relevant places and environments.

The positive infected person has been transferred to a designated medical institution for isolation and medical observation.

(Headquarters reporter Wei Ran Zhang Qian Zhou Li)