Salmon may harbor infectious coronavirus for a week, say scientists
4 years, 4 months ago

Salmon may harbor infectious coronavirus for a week, say scientists

Live Mint  

Coronavirus lingering on chilled salmon may be infectious for more than a week, according to researchers in China, where imported fish have been investigated as a potential source of infections. Researchers at the South China Agricultural University and Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Guangzhou found SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, collected from salmon samples could survive for eight days at 4 degrees Celsius. Chinese authorities have been investigating imported meat, packaging and containers as a potential source of Covid-19 since June after repeatedly finding traces of the pathogen on packaging and food. “SARS-CoV-2-contaminated fish from one country can be easily transported to another country within one week, thus serving as one of the sources for international transmission,” the researchers said, noting the fish must be kept at a temperature of 0-4 degrees Celsius during shipping.

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New study suggests possibility humans introduced COVID-19 to animals
1 year, 9 months ago

New study suggests possibility humans introduced COVID-19 to animals

China Daily  

Humans infected by the COVID-19 virus may have introduced the novel coronavirus to susceptible animals at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei province, where the first COVID-19 cases were reported, Chinese researchers said on Saturday. Tong Yigang, dean of the College of Life Science and Technology at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, said in a press briefing that no …

Three years later, what we know: How did COVID start?
1 year, 9 months ago

Three years later, what we know: How did COVID start?

Al Jazeera  

Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, questions linger about the origins of the virus that shut down borders, forced humanity into their homes, battered economies and killed millions of people. In early February, the US Department of Energy’s intelligence agency said with “low confidence” that it believed the virus originated from …

Covid 'most likely' leaked from China-controlled lab: FBI director's assertion
1 year, 10 months ago

Covid 'most likely' leaked from China-controlled lab: FBI director's assertion

Hindustan Times  

The Covid virus most likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan in China, FBI director Christopher Wray said. "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan," Christopher Wray told Fox News in an interview. ”And that's unfortunate for everybody," he added, saying that the …

COVID-19 virus may survive for 30 days on refrigerated, frozen meat, finds study
2 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 virus may survive for 30 days on refrigerated, frozen meat, finds study

Firstpost  

The research, recently published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, was conducted using chicken, beef, pork, and salmon, and surrogate viruses with spikes similar to those on SARS-CoV-2 Washington: The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, may survive on meat and fish products in the refrigerator or the freezer for up to 30 days, a study suggests. The research, recently …

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
2 years, 9 months ago

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

Hindustan Times  

Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Health workers tests for Covid outside of a clothing market in Shanghai, China. China's local symptomatic Covid-19 cases nearly double Mainland China reported 402 locally transmitted Covid-19 infections with confirmed symptoms for March 9, official data showed on Thursday, nearly doubling from the daily count a day earlier. Hong …

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets
3 years, 1 month ago

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets

India TV News  

Highlights The origins of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has been linked with a seafood market in Wuhan The first cases of SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from animal to human transmission at Wuhan's wet market An international team of scientists has identified 18 mammalian viruses, which pose high risk to humans and domestic animals, from China's infamous wet markets. China has maintained …

Fearing another Covid wave, China goes for strict lockdown in Ejin county
3 years, 2 months ago

Fearing another Covid wave, China goes for strict lockdown in Ejin county

India TV News  

Fearing another Covid wave, China has imposed lockdown-like restrictions in its Ejin county as the region has witnessed an increased number of cases of contagious disease. China on Friday reported 32 coronavirus cases, including four positive cases in Beijing, the spurt in the capital city causing a sense of disquiet among officials ahead of the winter Olympics early next year. …

Coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in China: Study
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in China: Study

India TV News  

The novel coronavirus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019, according to a study. "To answer this question, we combined three important pieces of information: a detailed understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 spread in Wuhan before the lockdown, the genetic diversity of the virus …

China refusing to share raw data on early Covid cases from Wuhan wet market, says WHO team
3 years, 10 months ago

China refusing to share raw data on early Covid cases from Wuhan wet market, says WHO team

India Today  

China refused to give raw data on early Covid-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team's investigators said, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the outbreak began. The team had requested raw patient data on 174 cases that China had identified from the early phase of the outbreak in the …

WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab

Firstpost  

The team found no proof of the disease spreading earlier than the initial outbreak in the second half of December 2019. The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese …

Coronavirus | SARS-CoV-2 ‘unlikely’ to have leaked from lab, says WHO team
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus | SARS-CoV-2 ‘unlikely’ to have leaked from lab, says WHO team

The Hindu  

The SARS-CoV-2 virus was unlikely to have leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan and the evidence pointed to natural origins, according to a World Health Organisation and China joint expert team that concluded a visit to Wuhan, where the COVID-19 pandemic began. The team also concluded there was no indication of the virus being spread among the population there prior …

WHO team in Wuhan says coronavirus source ‘remains unidentified’
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO team in Wuhan says coronavirus source ‘remains unidentified’

Al Jazeera  

Experts also say there was no substantial spread of SARS-COV-2 in Wuhan before the late 2019 outbreak. “Our initial findings suggest that the introduction through an intermediary host species is the most likely pathway and one that will require more studies and more specific, targeted research,” Embarek said. “However, the findings suggest that the laboratory incidents hypothesis is extremely unlikely …

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO

India Today  

A World Health Organisation expert said Tuesday the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species. WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek made the assessment in a summation of a WHO team's investigation into the possible origins of the coronavirus in the central Chinese …

World Health Organization team in China says COVID-19 probably came from animals, but no evidence it originated in bats
3 years, 11 months ago

World Health Organization team in China says COVID-19 probably came from animals, but no evidence it originated in bats

ABC  

The World Health Organization team in the Chinese city of Wuhan says viruses similar to SARS-CoV-2 can be found in many animals, but they have been unable to find direct evidence of animal-human transmission. Key points: Bats and pangolins could possibly be the reservoir due to high similarities of genetic sequence But there was no evidence to suggest their coronavirus …

Coronavirus casts a shadow over Chinese New Year for another year as cases rise
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus casts a shadow over Chinese New Year for another year as cases rise

ABC  

Tanya Tong has two weeks to weigh up whether to see her parents for the Chinese New Year, as a small but persistent resurgence of the virus creates déjà vu one year on from the COVID-19 outbreak, scuttling celebrations across the country. Key points: China is currently recording about 200 COVID-19 cases a day China is currently recording about 200 …

World Health Organization experts set to arrive in China for coronavirus origin probe
3 years, 11 months ago

World Health Organization experts set to arrive in China for coronavirus origin probe

ABC  

Experts from the World Health Organization will soon arrive in China for a long-anticipated investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Key points: Negotiations for the visit have been underway for some time The WHO director-general last expressed disappointment over delays Australia led calls for an investigation into the origin of COVID-19 The experts will arrive on Thursday and …

China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging
4 years ago

China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — More than a year since the coronavirus pandemic began, while a surprising – and frustrating – number of points remain unclear, one thing is certain: the first major outbreak was in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Chinese experts disagree however, with Wu himself saying in November that “more and more evidence is showing that frozen …

Coronavirus detected on imported frozen food in China
4 years ago

Coronavirus detected on imported frozen food in China

India TV News  

An imported frozen food sample in the city of Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, tested positive for the novel coronavirus, local authorities said Tuesday. The sample was taken from a batch of frozen sliced pig ears imported from the United States as part of a regular screening before the entry of any imported frozen food into the city's cold storage …

Slow progress: On WHO's assurance to uncover origin of COVID-19
4 years, 1 month ago

Slow progress: On WHO's assurance to uncover origin of COVID-19

The Hindu  

In 2003, a WHO team was able to identify the animal source of SARS coronavirus within weeks despite its arrival in China nearly three months after the initial outbreak. Soon after the virus spread around the world, there was heightened demand to identify its origin in China’s Wuhan where the first case cluster was reported. Even as the global focus …

Coronavirus infections found in US in 2019, weeks before China cases
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus infections found in US in 2019, weeks before China cases

Live Mint  

Testing has found Covid-19 infections in the US in December 2019, according to a study, providing further evidence indicating the coronavirus was spreading globally weeks before the first cases were reported in China. The study published Monday identified 106 infections from 7,389 blood samples collected from donors in nine US states between Dec. 13 and Jan. 17. “The findings of …

In Shandong, cold-chain worker found with virus
4 years, 1 month ago

In Shandong, cold-chain worker found with virus

China Daily  

Jiaozhou, a county-level city in Qingdao, Shandong province, reported an asymptomatic coronavirus infection on Monday night involving a 30-year-old man who handled imported cold chain products, the local health authority said. Facing a series of COVID-19 cases linked to imported cold chain products, Jinan, Shandong province, began using special warehouses to collect imported cold food on Tuesday. Cold chain imported …

EXPLAINER: China's claims of coronavirus on frozen foods
4 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: China's claims of coronavirus on frozen foods

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. OVERSEAS COMPLAINTS Trading partners, including the U.S., New Zealand, …

Can you contract coronavirus through contaminated frozen food packaging?
4 years, 1 month ago

Can you contract coronavirus through contaminated frozen food packaging?

India Today  

Experts have voiced concerns over China's claim that the novel coronavirus can be transmitted through contaminated frozen food packaging. Over the course of the past few months, China has banned frozen food imports from several countries citing the detection of Covid-19 on the packaging. In August of this year, Chinese authorities claimed that a sample taken from the surface of …

Do China’s claims of coronavirus on frozen food stack up?
4 years, 1 month ago

Do China’s claims of coronavirus on frozen food stack up?

LA Times  

China has stirred controversy with claims that it has detected the coronavirus on packages of imported frozen food, including from Russia and Norway. Overseas complaints Trading partners, including the U.S., New Zealand, Canada and the EU, say they’re unclear on China’s methodology and have seen no solid evidence that their products carried the coronavirus. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian …

China's large-scale coronavirus tests on imported frozen foods may put more Australian exports on hold
4 years, 1 month ago

China's large-scale coronavirus tests on imported frozen foods may put more Australian exports on hold

ABC  

China has urged its ports to "take immediate action" to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission after it reportedly found cases it says are linked to contaminated frozen food packaging. Key points: Expert says China's positive test claims require further evidence Expert says China's positive test claims require further evidence Australian exporters sold $10.6 billion worth of food in China …

World biggest importer of beef, China, now finds Coronavirus traces on packaged beef from Brazil: Read details
4 years, 1 month ago

World biggest importer of beef, China, now finds Coronavirus traces on packaged beef from Brazil: Read details

Op India  

China, the biggest importer of beef and the first exporter of Coronavirus, has now sounded alarm bells after finding COVID virus samples on packaged beef that it had imported from Brazil and Saudi Arabian Shrimp. Additionally, Chinese authorities also found the presence of Coronavirus samples on packaged Argentinian beef. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission has said in a statement on …

China sounds alarm after detecting coronavirus on packaged beef, shrimp
4 years, 1 month ago

China sounds alarm after detecting coronavirus on packaged beef, shrimp

India Today  

Even as the World Health Organisation said earlier that the risk of Covid-19 infection from frozen food remains lows, China has again sounded an alarm after detecting virus samples on the packaging of a batch of Brazilian beef and Saudi Arabian Shrimp. The first instance had been reported from the Chinese city of Wuhan on Friday when the novel coronavirus …

China suspends fish imports from Indian firm after detection of coronavirus on samples
4 years, 1 month ago

China suspends fish imports from Indian firm after detection of coronavirus on samples

India Today  

China on Friday suspended fish imports from an Indian company for one week. The decision was made by the Chinese Customs office after it detected novel coronavirus on three samples taken from the outer packaging of frozen cuttlefish. This suspension on imports from India's Basu International will resume automatically after one week, a report by Reuters quoted China's General Administration …

Source of Qingdao outbreak identified
4 years, 2 months ago

Source of Qingdao outbreak identified

China Daily  

Medical workers in protective suits collect swabs for nucleic acid tests during a city-wide testing in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Oct 11, 2020. The source of the recent coronavirus outbreak in Qingdao, Shandong province, came from overseas and has no connection with previous outbreaks in other Chinese cities, an expert said on Monday. "The city has reported no additional positive …

Living coronavirus found on frozen food packaging for first time: China
4 years, 2 months ago

Living coronavirus found on frozen food packaging for first time: China

Live Mint  

China's health authority has confirmed the detection and isolation of living novel coronavirus on the outer packaging of imported frozen marine fish in the port city of Qingdao, in what it described as the first detection of its kind on the cold food chain in the world. The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday said it detected …

Living Coronavirus Found on Frozen Food Packaging in China's Qingdao
4 years, 2 months ago

Living Coronavirus Found on Frozen Food Packaging in China's Qingdao

News 18  

China’s health authority has confirmed the detection and isolation of living novel coronavirus on the outer packaging of imported frozen marine fish in the port city of Qingdao. 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 said …

Contaminated frozen food packaging could cause Covid-19 infection: Chinese CDC
4 years, 2 months ago

Contaminated frozen food packaging could cause Covid-19 infection: Chinese CDC

India Today  

Contact with frozen food packaging contaminated by living new coronavirus could cause infection, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Saturday. Prior to this recent statement, the CDC had detected genetic traces of Covid-19 in some samples taken from frozen food packaging. The Chinese CDC, however, has made no comment about whether the dock …

Speedy and professional response key to contain any new infections
4 years, 2 months ago

Speedy and professional response key to contain any new infections

China Daily  

A health worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for COVID-19 test in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, Oct 12, 2020. Three people who were not displaying any symptoms were found to be infected with the novel coronavirus in the city on Sunday — two of them after receiving a nucleic acid test in a hospital specializing in treating …

Speedy and professional response key to contain any new infections
4 years, 2 months ago

Speedy and professional response key to contain any new infections

China Daily  

A health worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for COVID-19 test in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, Oct 12, 2020. Three people who were not displaying any symptoms were found to be infected with the novel coronavirus in the city on Sunday — two of them after receiving a nucleic acid test in a hospital specializing in treating …

Beijing restricts frozen food import from high-risk covid places
4 years, 3 months ago

Beijing restricts frozen food import from high-risk covid places

Live Mint  

China’s capital city urged companies to halt imports of frozen food from countries that have been severely hit by the pandemic as fears continue to mount over the possibility of transmission through packaging. The Beijing city government on Monday told companies to avoid importing frozen food from high-risk nations, without naming any. Chinese customs and local governments have repeatedly detected …

Coronavirus Found on Seafood Importer's Packages in China, Two Handlers Test Positive
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Found on Seafood Importer's Packages in China, Two Handlers Test Positive

News 18  

Beijing: Health authorities in China’s eastern city of Qingdao have found coronavirus contamination on some packages stored by a seafood importer after two of its handlers tested positive for the virus but displayed no symptoms. Thursday’s results came during a routine test of the company’s staff, although none of the two affected men’s 147 close contacts tested positive, the Qingdao …

Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China

India Today  

Authorities in China’s northeastern Jilin province have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported squid, health authorities in the city of Fuyu said on Sunday, urging anyone who may have bought it to get themselves tested. One of the packages had arrived in the city via the provincial capital Changchun, Fuyu city’s health office said on its official …

Can you get coronavirus from packages? What we know so far
4 years, 4 months ago

Can you get coronavirus from packages? What we know so far

Live Mint  

coronavirus, spread of coronavirus, coronavirus transmission, frozen food packaging, New Zealand, coronavirus for freight, frozen chicken wings, COVID-19 from food, food packaging China reported several cases of frozen food packaging contaminated with the novel coronavirus this week, while New Zealand said it is investigating the possibility that its latest COVID-19 cases could be traced to imported freight. Health officials raised …

Coronavirus found on outer packaging of frozen seafood in China
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus found on outer packaging of frozen seafood in China

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: Authorities in China have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood that arrived from the port city of Dalian, which recently battled a surge of cases, a local government said on Tuesday. The virus was found on the outer packaging of frozen seafood bought by three companies in Yantai, a port city in eastern Shandong …

Coronavirus: Fishermen test positive despite spending 35 days at sea and testing negative before they left
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: Fishermen test positive despite spending 35 days at sea and testing negative before they left

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Argentinian health officials are …

WHO's coronavirus sleuths are heading to China but it may be too late to solve the pandemic's mysteries
4 years, 6 months ago

WHO's coronavirus sleuths are heading to China but it may be too late to solve the pandemic's mysteries

ABC  

This week the World Health Organization is sending in a team to China to investigate the origins of coronavirus, posing an unusual challenge to Beijing's efforts to suggest COVID-19 came from abroad. "Chinese experts believe the team should hold discussions with the Chinese side on how to conduct the work globally and fairly, noting that the visit does not mean …

Beijing to celebrate Dragon Boat online
4 years, 6 months ago

Beijing to celebrate Dragon Boat online

China Daily  

File photo: The Yuanmingyuan Cup Dragon Boat Competition was held in Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park in Beijing. 'Cloud festival' designed to prevent spread of infection from coronavirus All events to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in the coming days in Beijing will be held online to control and prevent the spread of local COVID-19 cases, a senior official said on Tuesday. …

Beijing to celebrate Dragon Boat online
4 years, 6 months ago

Beijing to celebrate Dragon Boat online

China Daily  

File photo: The Yuanmingyuan Cup Dragon Boat Competition was held in Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park in Beijing. 'Cloud festival' designed to prevent spread of infection from coronavirus All events to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in the coming days in Beijing will be held online to control and prevent the spread of local COVID-19 cases, a senior official said on Tuesday. …

Coronavirus strain in Beijing has EU origins: Chinese virologists
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus strain in Beijing has EU origins: Chinese virologists

India Today  

China has reported 37 new coronavirus cases including 25 in Beijing where 183 patients are undergoing treatment while the Chinese virologists said the strain of the new cluster of cases in the capital may have come from Europe. An initial epidemiological survey shows the coronavirus strain detected at the Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing came from Europe, a report in …

Heavy traces of coronavirus found in seafood, meat sections of Beijing food market
4 years, 6 months ago

Heavy traces of coronavirus found in seafood, meat sections of Beijing food market

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing’s wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspects the area’s low temperature and high humidity may have been contributing factors, officials said on Thursday. Their preliminary report comes as the country’s capital tackles a resurgence of COVID-19 cases over the past week …

Beijing’s new outbreak is a reminder that coronavirus can return at anytime
4 years, 6 months ago

Beijing’s new outbreak is a reminder that coronavirus can return at anytime

CNN  

CNN — Until last week, Beijing seemed to have all but moved on from the coronavirus pandemic. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images “This outbreak in Beijing probably did not start in late May or early June, but probably a month earlier,” said Gao Fu, director of China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at a meeting in Shanghai on Tuesday. NOEL CELIS/AFP/AFP …

Very low risk of food spreading the coronavirus, say experts
4 years, 6 months ago

Very low risk of food spreading the coronavirus, say experts

Live Mint  

Food poses little risk of spreading the coronavirus, health experts around the globe said, reassuring consumers after an outbreak in Beijing was blamed on imported fish. The view was echoed by Kate Grusich, a spokeswoman for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who said the poor survivability of coronaviruses on surfaces means “there is likely very low risk …

Beijing reports 2 new Covid-19 cases; students, staff in home quarantine after classmate’s father tests positive
4 years, 6 months ago

Beijing reports 2 new Covid-19 cases; students, staff in home quarantine after classmate’s father tests positive

Hindustan Times  

Beijing reported two more confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the tally of new infections to three in less than a week after city authorities lowered the outbreak emergency response to level three, the second lowest. The fear of a school-based cluster infection breaking out in Beijing as the city nears normalcy means health authorities have …

China cracks down on the hunting and trading of coronavirus-linked pangolins
4 years, 7 months ago

China cracks down on the hunting and trading of coronavirus-linked pangolins

Daily Mail  

China has stepped up the protection efforts of pangolins - believed to be the world's most trafficked mammal - as the country continues to clamp down on the wild animal trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic. China has increased the protection level of critically endangered pangolins from class two to class one, meaning anyone found guilty of trafficking them would face …

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