An imported coronavirus variant case was reported in east China's Shanghai, the municipal center for disease control and prevention said on Friday.

 

The patient is a Chinese national who studied in Britain, flew to Shanghai on Dec. 14. and was quarantined immediately. The patient was diagnosed as a confirmed mild COVID-19 case two days later and is receiving treatment at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center.

 

In recent coronavirus gene sequencing monitoring on cases imported from Britain, the center detected that the virus of the case was coronavirus variant B.1.1.7. It is similar to the one recently reported in Britain, according to the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

The patient is in stable condition. All passengers on the same flight as the patient were quarantined for 14 days, and no abnormality in their health has been reported.