'I dare not order': China's 150 million online shoppers fear virus threat

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Fear and confusion are spreading among Chinese consumers and overseas suppliers that China's restrictions on international mail aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus will have a prolonged negative impact on the once-booming overseas online shopping business. Concerns about contracting Covid-19 from coronavirus traces carried on the contaminated surface of imported goods have long existed in China, but this...

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"I just found my code had turned yellow, and I received a call saying I need to get tested three times in seven days to turn it back to green because I received an overseas package," one Guangdong-based Weibo user said on Tuesday. "That's the cigar I bought last month and it hasn't been delivered yet."

The first Omicron case in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has also been linked to an overseas package received from North America. As a precaution, overseas packages will undergo multiple rounds of disinfection on their arrival in China, as well as warehouses, before they are delivered, with industry insiders confirming the measures had already been implemented.

"In my understanding, even if there is virus on the mailed item initially, it cannot survive [for so long]."

 

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