Coronavirus: Chinese hospital treating imported Covid-19 cases closes after 3 local asymptomatic infections confirmed

Qingdao Chest Hospital goes into lockdown after ex-patient, former worker and her husband all test positive

Authorities in city screened 200,000 residents last month after two workers at local port were confirmed as asymptomatic cases

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Qingdao Chest Hospital has closed its doors to new patients after three asymptomatic cases were linked to the facility. Photo: Weibo

Published: 7:02pm, 11 Oct 2020Updated: 11:02pm, 11 Oct 2020

A hospital in east China designated for treating imported cases of Covid-19 has stopped accepting any new patients after three local people with links to the facility were confirmed as being asymptomatic cases.

The Qingdao Chest Hospital in Shandong province has temporarily closed all of its departments and doctors are helping with an investigation, Health Times reported on Sunday.

All of the cases had links to the hospital, the Qingdao Health Municipal Health Commission said.

One of the three is a 58-year-old man with the surname Han who was treated for tuberculosis at the hospital last month, the report said.

The second is a 53-year-old woman surnamed Jiang who worked at the hospital from July to September, and the third, surnamed Shao, is her husband.

More than 178,000 Qingdao residents were screened for Covid-19 last month, after two workers at the city’s port were confirmed as being asymptomatic cases. Photo: Weibo

The three tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday and Saturday, and were immediately put under medical quarantine, the report said.