Beijing: Chinese customs have tested 1.49 million samples of cold-chain imports for the novel coronavirus, and 79 of them had returned positive, the General Administration of Customs said in a statement.
The administration said that 56 foreign manufacturers involved in shipping contaminated food products to China have been suspended from filing import applications for one to four weeks, as a preventive measure to fend off the virus’ spread through cold-chain imports.
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