Chaos reigns at Shanghai airport after the discovery of Corona cases
Pudong airport in Shanghai, China, decided yesterday to inspect all its employees. After a number of goods transport workers and their close contacts were tested positive for the Coronavirus.
The "Global Times" newspaper quoted an airport employee as saying, "The workers received a notification asking to undergo a Corona virus test on Sunday."
According to the notice, which was circulated online, all employees in the airport's two main cargo areas were required to. Get DNA tests done at a parking garage by midnight Sunday.
On Monday, Shanghai authorities reported that 17,719 tests have been carried out among airport employees since yesterday evening. Of these, 11 544 showed a negative result, and another 6,175 were still being treated.
About 300 flights to Shanghai were canceled Sunday night. The news of the airport being closed and all personnel and staff subjected to Corona checks, sparked panic and chaos. A crowd broke through barriers that medical teams tried to set up, which led to a subsequent reversal of the decision to complete the examination. And limit it to employees only, according to social networking sites.
