This is a patient from the Wuhan Mysterious Pneumonia cluster. He sold pork in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market. is he the Patient Zero for African Swine Fever in humans in China? Another man went to the market to buy "meat." Was that "meat" pork? Why is China so silent about African Swine Fever testing of patients with Wuhan Pneumonia?
Husband wife in the Eastern market selling pork has more than thirty years
At Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, Mr. Huang told China Business Daily that her husband is 52 years old. Both husband and wife are working in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market and selling pork non-staple food products in the Eastern District.
"We have been in the meat wholesale business for a lifetime, and it has been more than 30 years. In recent years, we have been in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market." Said Mr. Huang.
The market was closed and her husband was hospitalized, but Mr. Huang did not stop working. She could only go to the hospital to learn about her husband's illness, deliver meals or daily supplies. "After the market was closed and some markets were closed, some of the goods from the business owners inside could not get out. I got up at 12 o'clock in the evening to pick up the goods outside and then send them to the hotel." Mr. Huang told reporters that many merchants in the market Many customers have accumulated over the years.
During the exchange, the reporter saw that Mr. Huang's hand was rough, and his fingers were frozen very red and swollen.
"My husband was transferred from another hospital to Jinyintan Hospital on December 31, 2019. The fever was not very serious before, more than 38 degrees, but the symptoms have not improved. After transferring to Jinyintan Hospital, he still has a fever. Mrs. Huang said.
According to Mr. Huang, her husband started to have symptoms of a cold and fever around December 25, 2019, and it has been more than a week now. At that time, I went to the Wuhan Central Hospital nearest to the South China Seafood Wholesale Market. I went to see that there was no hospitalization. Medical staff heard that the merchants in the seafood market suggested that we go directly to Jinyintan Hospital.
"When my husband first came, he lived on the 6th floor. When I heard that he was a merchant in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market, he moved to the fourth floor." Mr. Huang told reporters that most of the merchant patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market live in the fourth floor floor. After three days, the hospital paid 6,000 yuan in advance for hospitalization.
According to its introduction, patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market are mainly from the Western District, and less from the Eastern District. The Western District mainly sells seafood, chicken, duck and poultry frozen products, while the Eastern District sells more pork. "The goods in the market are the same in all parts of the country, and they are common in all parts of the country." Mrs. Huang said, "We are not sure whether the illness is related to the goods."
"I had a cold two or three days after my husband had a fever, and it took me two days to get an injection." Aunt Huang said. According to the reporter's understanding, the South China Seafood Wholesale Market environment has not been very good. Although it is also disinfected from time to time, the ventilation is poor. Most of the products sold are frozen products. After freezing, the environment is very humid.
Mr. Huang told reporters that a fire broke out in the western part of the market more than two months ago. A shop selling dry goods caught fire. It started to burn at 2:30 in the morning and burned to more than 7 o'clock before the fire was put out. "It was dried spices such as hot peppers. It was very smokey at the time, and it was particularly sultry. The 11th and 12th streets in the West District were completely burned.
At Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, Mr. Huang told China Business Daily that her husband is 52 years old. Both husband and wife are working in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market and selling pork non-staple food products in the Eastern District.
"We have been in the meat wholesale business for a lifetime, and it has been more than 30 years. In recent years, we have been in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market." Said Mr. Huang.
The market was closed and her husband was hospitalized, but Mr. Huang did not stop working. She could only go to the hospital to learn about her husband's illness, deliver meals or daily supplies. "After the market was closed and some markets were closed, some of the goods from the business owners inside could not get out. I got up at 12 o'clock in the evening to pick up the goods outside and then send them to the hotel." Mr. Huang told reporters that many merchants in the market Many customers have accumulated over the years.
During the exchange, the reporter saw that Mr. Huang's hand was rough, and his fingers were frozen very red and swollen.
"My husband was transferred from another hospital to Jinyintan Hospital on December 31, 2019. The fever was not very serious before, more than 38 degrees, but the symptoms have not improved. After transferring to Jinyintan Hospital, he still has a fever. Mrs. Huang said.
According to Mr. Huang, her husband started to have symptoms of a cold and fever around December 25, 2019, and it has been more than a week now. At that time, I went to the Wuhan Central Hospital nearest to the South China Seafood Wholesale Market. I went to see that there was no hospitalization. Medical staff heard that the merchants in the seafood market suggested that we go directly to Jinyintan Hospital.
"When my husband first came, he lived on the 6th floor. When I heard that he was a merchant in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market, he moved to the fourth floor." Mr. Huang told reporters that most of the merchant patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market live in the fourth floor floor. After three days, the hospital paid 6,000 yuan in advance for hospitalization.
According to its introduction, patients in the South China Seafood Wholesale Market are mainly from the Western District, and less from the Eastern District. The Western District mainly sells seafood, chicken, duck and poultry frozen products, while the Eastern District sells more pork. "The goods in the market are the same in all parts of the country, and they are common in all parts of the country." Mrs. Huang said, "We are not sure whether the illness is related to the goods."
"I had a cold two or three days after my husband had a fever, and it took me two days to get an injection." Aunt Huang said. According to the reporter's understanding, the South China Seafood Wholesale Market environment has not been very good. Although it is also disinfected from time to time, the ventilation is poor. Most of the products sold are frozen products. After freezing, the environment is very humid.
Mr. Huang told reporters that a fire broke out in the western part of the market more than two months ago. A shop selling dry goods caught fire. It started to burn at 2:30 in the morning and burned to more than 7 o'clock before the fire was put out. "It was dried spices such as hot peppers. It was very smokey at the time, and it was particularly sultry. The 11th and 12th streets in the West District were completely burned.
