Shanghai Airport Conducts COVID-19 Testing on Thousands of Employees

Zhou Junlong, vice-president of the Shanghai Airport Authority, announced on November 23, 2020, that 17,719 workers from the cargo handling section of Shanghai Pudong International Airport, which is a major aviation hub of East Asia, were tested for the virus that causes Covid-19.

And, 11,544 people had tested negative, with analysis of the remaining samples underway, reported the SCMP.

According to the Shanghai Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in China, two men were believed to have contracted the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus during October when they cleaned a freight container.

As of November 22, 2020, the U.S. CDC has reported 176,874,220 coronavirus tests had been reported in the USA.