(Yicai Global) Nov. 23 -- More than 10,000 cargo handlers at Shanghai Pudong International Airport have tested negative for the novel coronavirus, the Shanghai Daily reported today. All were tested in the last 24 hours following the discovery of a fifth case in a month yesterday.

Some 11,544 tests out of 17,710 made between Sunday night and this morning came back negative, the report said, citing Zhou Junlong, vice president of the Shanghai Airport Authority. The remaining results are still pending.

Vaccine inoculations will be arranged for high-risk cargo handlers, Zhou said. Disinfection of inbound goods, freight facilities and the surrounding areas will be stepped up, he added.

The major aviation hub has uncovered five cases of Covid-19 among its cargo workers so far this month, one each on Nov. 9, 10, 20, 21 and 22.

Shares of Shanghai International Airport [SHA: 600009], which operates Pudong and Hongqiao airports in the coastal city, closed 0.6 percent lower today at CNY79.16 (USD12.06), after earlier declining as much as 4.8 percent.

Editor: Kim Taylor