Guangzhou yesterday (August 10) registered one confirmed COVID-19 case and two asymptomatic infections, all from overseas.

The confirmed case involved a foreigner, a businessman who lived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He flew in from UAE on Flight EK362 on August 8 and was put under centralized quarantine upon entry.

The two asymptomatic carriers were both Chinese who flew in from Bangladesh on Flight CZ392 on August 6 and tested positive during quarantine period.

COVID-19 detected in imported frozen seafood package samples

Yantai, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province, reported today that the novel coronavirus was detected in samples collected from imported seafood packages of three local companies on August 9, and these samples were confirmed to be positive for the virus after further verification on August 10.

Yantai's Economic and Technological Development Zone said that these package samples were all collected from imported frozen seafood from the same foreign ship at Dalian port, Shandong province. All the seafood products in question were stored in warehouses before the detection, except a small part which have been processed and exported.

Local authorities have sealed up the products, disinfected related enterprises and their surroundings, put close contacts under quarantine and arranged nucleic acid tests for them, whose results all came back negative.

44 new COVID-19 cases found on the mainland

A customs officer checks passengers' health information at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. [Photo/China News Services]

The Chinese mainland registered 44 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, with 31 cases from overseas and 13 domestically transmitted, according to the Chinese health authority.

All of the 13 domestically transmitted cases are in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Among the cases from overseas, nine were reported in Shaanxi Province and eight in Shanghai.

The eight cases in Shanghai are returning Chinese who worked in UAE, the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission said. There were also 18 new imported cases of COVID-19 in Shanghai on Sunday (August 9), all Chinese flying in from UAE.

Following this incident, the civil aviation authority has suspended flights from UAE to China.

Editor: Becky

Sources: China Daily; Guangzhou Daily