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It is highly unlikely to contract Covid-19 from frozen foods or their packaging. — Reuters

Recently, it was reported that China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) detected an isolated live SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, on the outer package of imported frozen cod while tracing for a new small-scale outbreak that occurred in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong Province.

The occurrence, which was detected on a cold chain food packaging, has revealed that exposure to the virus-contaminated packaging can lead to infection.

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