Since the pandemic, China has relied on mass testing, extensive quarantines and snap lockdowns to stamp out any resurgence of the coronavirus. In Xiamen’s Jimei district, authorities issued a notice last month ordering both “fishermen and their catch” to be tested for Covid. The port city rolled out three rounds of mass testing for its 5 million residents, starting from Wednesday. Chinese officials have previously blamed the country’s Covid-19 outbreaks on a variety of imports, including frozen seafood, suggesting that people could have become sick after handling contaminated packaging. However, since 2020 the World Health Organization has maintained that there is no evidence people can catch Covid from food or food packaging.

Source: Egypt Independent August 20, 2022 13:29 UTC