The local health commission said anyone who touched the parcels need to undergo Covid-19 tests and monitoring. - AFP
BEIJING (Bloomberg): Chinese authorities have issued warnings about parcels being potentially contaminated with Covid-19 just as the country’s biggest annual online shopping festival looms, after three workers at a small company that makes children’s clothing tested positive for the virus.
Authorities are testing packages and monitoring people who’ve handled them after the infections were discovered at Haohui Ecommerce Co., which is based in Hebei, a province surrounding Beijing. Parcel-delivery services in two cities there -- Xinji and Jinzhou -- as well as the town of Shenze have been halted, according to a government statement.
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