Coronavirus found in frozen seafood

The information is quite serious : the authorities have just discovered « a positive sample for coronavirus on the packaging of frozen seafood imported from the port city of Dalian, in the North-East of China », announced yesterday Tuesday 11th August the local governor of the province.  For information, Dalian recently faced an outbreak of covid-19 cases among the population.

The virus was found on the outer packaging of frozen seafood purchased by three companies in Yantai, a port city in the eastern province of Shandong.

The Yantai city government said in a statement that the seafood came from an imported cargo that had landed in Dalian, but did not specify where it came from.