A staff member disinfects a corridor of a medical observation area in Fengtai District of Beijing, Feb. 21, 2020. The medical observation area was converted from a hotel for people under quarantine. About 90 people have been quarantined here with daily necessities and proper medical care. (Photo by Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua)
The employee of an online book retailer has left 82 people under quarantine after she contracted the novel coronavirus.
BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The employee of an online book retailer has left 82 people under quarantine after she contracted the novel coronavirus, health authorities said Sunday.
Doctors confirmed on Feb. 19 that an employee of Dangdang.com, surnamed Li, contracted the virus, said Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Diseases Prevention and Control.
Li went back to the northeastern province of Heilongjiang on Jan. 21 and returned to Beijing on Feb. 5. She worked at the company from Feb. 10 to 13 by public transportation.
Li had close contact with 82 people by Saturday. These people are under observation. ■
