China CDC announced it had isolated live novel coronavirus from a package containing imported frozen cod when tracing a Covid-19 outbreak in Qingdao, which proved the virus could survive in cold chain storage over long distances and infect humans. - Reuters
BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): The possibility the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province, was caused by imported seafood contaminated with novel coronavirus cannot be ruled out, a top public health researcher said.
Although the earliest cases in Wuhan were linked to a seafood market in the city, experts have said that did not prove the virus originated in the market.
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