(Fighting new crown pneumonia) 14 crew members of an Indian cargo ship infected with new crown after arriving in South Africa

　　Chinanews.com, Johannesburg, May 4 (Reporter Wang Xi) The South African National Port Authority confirmed through social media on the evening of the 4th that on a cargo ship sailing from India to Durban, South Africa, 14 crew members tested positive for the new crown pneumonia virus. .

　　On May 2, a crew member died suddenly after a cargo ship sailing from India to Durban, South Africa arrived.

Due to the severe situation of the current epidemic situation in India and the discovery of a mutant virus named "B.1.617" in India, the news immediately triggered panic in the South African society.

　　According to the South African National Port Authority, the South African health department carried out routine inspections on the ship’s 21 crew members as soon as possible, and subsequently found that a total of 14 crew members tested positive for the new crown pneumonia virus.

According to the South African government's anti-epidemic regulations, the cargo ship has been quarantined at the port, and the health department is also urgently tracing all people who have had contact with the crew of the ship before.

　　In response to the question of "whether the B.1.617 new crown pneumonia variant virus has been brought into South Africa by people travelling between India and South Africa," South African Minister of Health Mukez responded at the South African Ministry of Health's regular press conference that night, saying that South Africa has not yet been infected with B. 1.617 cases of mutated virus, but in view of the “foresight” that the mutated virus caused the second wave of new crown pneumonia epidemic in South Africa at the end of last year, the current ports of entry in South Africa must continue to maintain strict screening and epidemic prevention procedures to prevent the import of mutated viruses and local epidemics. Widespread.

　　As of press time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa has reached 1,586,148, with 54511 deaths.

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