Category: China
Chinese port workers infected by coronavirus on pig heads arriving from North America
A Tianjin, China health official said two confirmed cases in the northern port city earlier this month had caught the virus from pig heads arriving from North America. More...
Chinese expert call for COVID circuit-breaker amid cases related to frozen food imports
China has seen a continuous rise in cases of contaminated frozen food from overseas and patients of coronavirus infections related to the import industry, which prompted Chinese health experts to suggest an expanded testing scale and a circuit-breaker mechanism for imports like that for international flights. More...
Nearly 1 million people already innoculated with two experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccines
Nearly a million people have been given “emergency” inoculations of two experimental coronavirus vaccines, a Chinese pharmaceutical company has confirmed. More...
China finds coronavirus on meat packaging from Brazil, Bolivia, New Zealand and Argentina
The Chinese city of Jinan said over the weekend it had found coronavirus on beef and tripe and their packaging from Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand, while two other provincial capitals detected it on packaging on pork from Argentina,
Wuhan detects coronavirus on the packaging of Brazilian beef
The Chinese city of Wuhan said on Friday it had detected the novel coronavirus on the packaging of a batch of Brazilian beef, as it ramped up testing of frozen foods this week as part of a nationwide campaign. More...
Brazil suspends Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine trial due to adverse event
Brazil’s health regulator has suspended a clinical trial for China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine citing a severe adverse event, surprising the trial organisers who countered there had been a death but it was unrelated to the vaccine. More...
Cold storage tested in China after a coronavirus case from frozen pork imported from Germany
China’s northern port city of Tianjin said on Sunday it plans to carry out tests on some cold storage facilities and their staff after a confirmed coronavirus case involving a worker who had handled frozen pork imported from Germany. More...
Chinese city finds coronavirus on outer packaging of imported frozen pork
A package of frozen pork imported to Dezhou in East China’s Shandong Province were detected positive for the novel coronavirus, the local government announced on Saturday, noting that all close contacts of the item tested negative for the virus. More...
Raccoon dogs can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 and can spread it among themselves
The small fox-like animals called raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, and can spread it among themselves. More...
Europe is main source of Sars-Cov-2. Travel restrictions in UK and Europe “too few” and “too late”
It is not China but Europe the area of the world identified as the main source of spread of Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. More...