Philippines bans chicken imports from Brazil on coronavirus scare

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MANILA (REUTERS) - The Philippines imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil on Friday (Aug 14) after two cities in China found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food, including chicken wings from the South American country.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MANILA - The Philippines imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil on Friday after two cities in China found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food, including chicken wings from the South American country.

Brazil has the world's second-worst Covid-19 outbreak after the United States, recording more than 3.2 million cases and more than 105,000 deaths since the pandemic began. It did not say how long the ban would be enforced. Brazil accounts for around 20 per cent of the Philippines' poultry meat imports.

 

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