It is for the first time in the world that living novel coronavirus has been isolated from the outer packaging of cold-chain food, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement on Saturday. The CDC said it detected and isolated the living virus on the outer packaging of imported frozen cod in Qingdao. It has proved that contact with packaging contaminated by living novel coronavirus could lead to infection, state-run Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the CDC statement. Only 22 samples from cold-chain food or food packaging tested positive for the virus, the CDC said. As of Saturday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 85,672.

Source: The Hindu October 18, 2020 06:00 UTC