Shanghai Pudong Airport started on Sunday night testing all staff after
the airport found several cargo handlers and close contacts tested
positive for the coronavirus over the past several days. 

Meanwhile,
flights into Shanghai were largely cancelled on Sunday night. As of
11pm, 277 flights had been cancelled, according to figures compiled by
airline data tracker VariFlight app. A video posted online shows the
road to the airport was severely congested.

A staff member at the airport told the Global Times that workers had
received a notice requesting all staff be tested for the coronavirus on
Sunday, which began around 3pm. Most of the staff were gathering on
Sunday night to be tested. Photos showing the nucleic acid testing was
underway at the test area on Sunday night, were posted by the Shanghai
police on its Weibo account. 

Numerous videos posted online show
the underground parking lot at Pudong Airport filled with long queues of
people waiting to be tested.

Shanghai had previously reported a cargo handler tested positive for the coronavirus on November 9.  

In total there have been at least seven confirmed domestic COVID-19
cases among workers at the Pudong Airport. The risk of virus being
imported through international logistics is of great concern to health
authorities.

A notice circulating online shows that all staff in
the two main cargo zones of the airport are required to complete nucleic
acid tests at the P4 parking lot of Pudong Airport by midnight Sunday.

The airport authority didn't respond to a Global Times's request for more information as of press time.

As
winter approaches, sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 have occurred in many
parts of the country heightening public concern. Zhang Wenhong, a
prominent Shanghai-based infectious disease expert, on Sunday said the
current epidemic is under control, with no continuous second-generation
cases appearing in communities. Epidemic prevention and control in all
parts of the country has been very effective, he noted.