The virus, present on samples of chicken wings, was discovered during a routine inspection. People in contact with the product have been tested.
The coronavirus causes the disease, Covid-19 was discovered during a routine inspection on chicken imported from Brazil, the world’s largest producer, announced Thursday the chinese authorities. The virus was present in samples of chicken wings frozen, taken Tuesday, has stated in a press release the city council of the city of Shenzhen (south), near Hong Kong.
The authorities to ensure to have an “immediate” process of screening of people who have been in contact with contaminated products, as well as their loved ones. These tests all proved negative, according to the release.
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China, where the coronavirus has made its emergence in late 2019, has largely contained the epidemic if we are to believe the official figures. The country announced on Thursday a balance daily of 19 contamination. The last death attributed to the virus dates back to mid-may. Brazil is the second country in the world the hardest hit, after the United States.
The virus is present on packages of shrimp in ecuador
The chinese authorities announced on Wednesday that a 68 year old woman admitted to hospital in Hubei province (center), where the Covid has been initially detected last year, was a carrier of the virus, then she had been regarded as cured in the beginning of the year.
In the province of Anhui (east), the city council of the city of Wuhu announced Thursday the discovery of the virus on the packaging of shrimp from Ecuador. These packages were stored in the freezer of a restaurant in the city. This is the second time since early July that China is a state of the presence of the virus on packages of shrimp in ecuador.
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In June, the immense wholesale market Xinfadi, Beijing had been closed after the onset of an outbreak affecting several hundred people. Traces of the virus had been detected on a cutting board, salmon import. The Covid-19 is a respiratory disease and there is nothing to suggest currently that it can be transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated products.
Brazil, a major supplier of frozen chicken in China
outbreaks of contamination have emerged since the beginning of the pandemic in slaughterhouses in different countries, such as Germany, France, the United States or in Belgium. The experts identify wrong the reasons for these contaminations, without doubt related to promiscuity, but can also be cold conditions and ventilation specific to these plants.
The contamination of the chicken brazilian could lead to a new drop in sales of this product in the chinese market. In February 2019, Beijing had imposed for five years of heavy anti-dumping, chicken brazilian, taxed between 17,8% and 32.4%.
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Brazil, by far the world’s largest producer of chicken meat, was still in 2017 the first supplier of frozen chicken in China, to an annual value approaching one billion dollars, and representing nearly 85% of imports of the asian giant. It has since lost market share to the advantage of the Thailand, Argentina and Chile, according to the firm Zhiyan.
