In January 12th, in the teeth of the storm, Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co.Ltd(603882) (603882.SH) issued a statement by official micro-blog, announting that Zhang Moudong, a subsidiary of Zhengzhou Jinyu Clinical Laboratory Center Co., Ltd., was informed of the implementation of the “implementation of the transmission of pneumonia or serious danger of transmission by New Coronavirus”.
On the forenoon of January 12th, the Xuchang Public Security Bureau of Henan province informed Zhang Moudong, the regional head of Zhengzhou Jinyu Clinical Laboratory Center Co., Ltd. that violating the infectious disease prevention law, New Coronavirus had been infected with pneumonia and had been seriously threatened. Yuzhou Public Security Bureau filed and investigated Zhang moudong on suspicion of a criminal crime and took compulsory measures.
This triggered a heated discussion in the market. On January 12, Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co.Ltd(603882) once fell by more than 7% and fell by 5.79% as of the close.
In this regard, Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co.Ltd(603882) issued a statement pointing out that after the company’s investigation, there are no rumors on the network of “actively spreading virus”, “missing samples”, “forging data”, “concealing data” and so on.
Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co.Ltd(603882) said that after preliminary investigation, on January 2, 2022, Zhengzhou Jinyu sent Zhang moudong and other six local regional personnel to participate in the epidemic prevention and control in Yuzhou. After arriving in Yuzhou, from January 2 to 9, the six people mainly supported on-site work in various towns and townships under the arrangement of the local health department, including training guidance and problem handling of system software, dispatching of specimen transport vehicles Transportation and distribution of consumables, assist in establishing testing process, etc.
Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co.Ltd(603882) said it would continue to actively cooperate with the police to investigate the incident and publish the investigation results to the public in a timely manner.
However, the company did not explain more about Zhang’s specific violations.