I. Cases

From 0: 00 to 24: 00 on April 9, Shanghai has reported 3 imported confirmed cases of COVID-19 through the port inter-departmental prevention and control mechanism. There were 5 additional cases discharged from hospital, 3 from France, 1 from Spain and 1 from the US.

The 3 imported confirmed cases mentioned above have been transferred to designated medical institutions for treatment. So far, a total of 16 close contacts on the same flights have been traced and placed under centralized quarantine for medical observation.

From 0: 00 to 24: 00 on April 9, Shanghai has had no additional local confirmed case of COVID-19.

As of 24:00 on April 9, Shanghai has reported a total of 216 imported confirmed cases. 94 of them have been discharged from hospital, and the other 122 are receiving treatment in hospitals (1 in critical condition). There are 5 imported suspected cases pending for screening.

As of 24:00 on April 9, Shanghai has reported a total of 339 local confirmed cases. Among them, 328 have been discharged, and 7 died. At the time of the release, 4 are receiving treatment in hospitals (2 in severe condition and other 2 in critical condition). There is no local suspected case pending for screening.

As of 24:00 on April 9, Shanghai has had no asymptomatic carrier under medical observation.

This morning, another 13 patients (10 males and 3 females), all imported cases, were discharged from hospital. Six of them are Chinese, 2 are French, 1 is Danish, 1 is British, 1 is Italian, 1 is Spanish, and 1 is American. 

Once identified as confirmed COVID-19 cases, they were transferred to Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center for treatment. After meticulous treatment and care by the medical workers, and upon the assessment of the expert team, these cases have met the criteria of quarantine release and discharge issued by the National Health Commission of PRC for the COVID-19 cases and left the hospital today. In order to ensure the health management of the discharged patients, the medical institutions will pay necessary follow-up visits to them.

II. Medical Treatment

We will make all efforts to ensure the medical treatment of the COVID-19 patients in Shanghai. We will also enhance the management of fever clinics and facilitate the procedures to be more standardized and systematic.

By balancing both COVID-19 prevention and control and regular medical services, medical institutions at all levels will strictly put the core system of medical quality and safety in place, dynamically optimize the workforce for both disease control and regular medical services by taking the actual resumption of services into consideration, and carry out the services in an orderly manner on the basis of strengthening the prevention and control of nosocomial infection to better meet the public needs.

We will continue the sanitary supervision over and inspection of medical institutions, centralized quarantine facilities for medical observation, disinfectant manufacturers and dealers as well as other places and sites across Shanghai.

Today is the day that the last batch of our Shanghai medical aid team returned from Hubei. These members from Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University were responsible for the medical treatment of patients in C2 Ward of Leishenshan Hospital during the stay in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

So far, all our 1,649 members of Shanghai medical aid team have come back to hometown. They have completed all tasks in Hubei and returned safe and sound with the trust and the best wishes of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and 24 million Shanghai citizens. As the greatest guardians and heroes putting themselves in the harm's way, they are the most admirable angels in white. With their boundless love, respect for life, support with each other and unity as one, our medical workers have created a legend of life in the new era!

All medical workers in Shanghai will further strengthen their sense of responsibility and purpose. By paying close attention to details in each aspect of their work, our medical workers will go all out to safeguard the life, safety and health of our citizens in high spirit.