Authorities in Tianjin announced on Nov. 8 that the Chinese city is under a state of emergency and has entered “wartime status” after two COVID-19 cases were confirmed. Chinese media reports claimed that the two patients contracted the disease from a cold storage facility in Tianjin.
Outbreak at Cold Storage Facility
According to mainland Chinese media reports, on the evening of Nov. 7, authorities in Dezhou city in Shandong Province confirmed that a batch of frozen pork imported from Tianjin Port tested positive for COVID-19.On Nov. 8, Tianjin officials reported one confirmed local case—a loading worker at Hailian Cold Storage in the Sino-Singapore Eco-City located in Tianjin Binhai New Area. The cold storage belongs to Tianjin Hailian Frozen Food Co., Ltd.
