有关无症状感染者的问答 - 2021年11月29日

Shanghai confirmed one asymptomatic infection case on Saturday who's a close contact of the third confirmed local case on November 25. Here are some questions you may care about the case.

Q1: Why isn't the asymptomatic patient counted as a confirmed case? What is the basis for determining asymptomatic infection?

A: According to the national and Shanghai coronavirus prevention and control standards, an asymptomatic patient has relevant epidemiological history and the coronavirus pathogen test is positive, but shows no fever, dry cough, fatigue, sore throat and other related clinical manifestations, and the CT image has no features of coronavirus.

The pathogen test of the patient in Shanghai is positive but the person has no clinical manifestations and related CT imaging features which is in accordance with the definition of asymptomatic infection.