Coronavirus found on Ecuador shrimps in China, state media says

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BEIJING (REUTERS) - A city in China's eastern Anhui province found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of shrimps from Ecuador, state media reported on Wednesday (Aug 12), in the latest instance of the virus being detected on imported products.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIJING - A city in China's eastern Anhui province found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of shrimps from Ecuador, state media reported on Wednesday , in the latest instance of the virus being detected on imported products.

The news broke a day after a port city in eastern Shandong province said it found the virus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood, although it did not say where it originated. CCTV said on Wednesday the Wuhu restaurant had stored the contaminated products in a freezer since purchase and that all related products in the city had been sealed off.

The novel coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease Covid-19, is believed to have emerged in a seafood and wildlife market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.

 

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