Chinese National, Who Returned from Singapore, Likely Source of New Covid-19 Outbreak in Country


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A Chinese national has been identified as the probable source of the new outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic spreading widely in China’s Fujian province. According to state media, Lin Moujie, who returned from Singapore and completed 28-day-long quarantine period including three weeks at a centralised isolation point, had tested negative for nine nucleic acid and one serum tests during the four weeks. Some cases including asymptomatic ones have been found in Putian, Quanzhou and provincial capital, Xiamen in Fujian province. Preliminary testing on samples from some cases in Fujian province’s Putian city showed patients had contracted the highly transmissible delta variant,...