The disease control in the cold chain food packaging isolated to the new coronavirus

beijing, Oct. 17 (Xinhua Wang Bingyang) China's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on its official website on the 17th that the recent investigation into the origin of the outbreak of Qingdao Xinguan pneumonia, from workers to carry imported frozen cod in the outer packaging positive samples tested isolated to live virus. This is the first time in the world in the cold chain food packaging isolated to the new coronavirus, and confirmed that exposure to the new coronavirus contamination of the outer packaging can lead to infection.
China CDC said that this time from Qingdao cold chain food packaging isolated live virus, is the first time outside the laboratory confirmed in the cold chain transport under special conditions of the new crown virus can survive on the packaging of items for a long time, suggesting that the new crown virus cold chain items as a carrier with long-distance cross-border input possibilities. Under certain environmental conditions, viruses that survive on the surface of articles can cause infection in susceptible contacts without effective protection, and the population at risk of infection is mainly cold chain article practitioners. This discovery suggests that while preventing the importation of overseas infected persons, we should pay attention to the risk of entering the virus with cold-chain items contaminated with the virus outside the country.
center said that China's market circulation of cold chain food contaminated with the new coronavirus is very low risk. Recently, The relevant departments of our country have carried out a new coronavirus nucleic acid sampling on cold chain food. As of September 15, 24 provinces nationwide reported 2.98 million test results, of which 670,000 cold chain food and packaging samples, 1.24 million samples of employees, 1.07 million environmental samples, only 22 food and packaging detected the new coronavirus nucleic acid positive, viral nucleic acid load is low, has not been isolated to live virus.
risk of infection from exposure to or consumption of cold-chain foods by the general public? The CDC says the risk is low. Existing research and prevention and control practices show that neo-corona pneumonia is not a food-based disease and no infections caused by food intake have been detected. So far, no cases of consumers infected by exposure to contaminated cold-chain marine products have been detected, and the risk of infection between Chinese consumers is extremely low. The main route of transmission of the new coronavirus is still through respiratory droplets and close contact. At the same time, China's relevant departments have increased the import of cold chain food new crown virus monitoring, disinfection and other measures, the general public pay attention to keep clean, cooked separate, can normally buy and eat imported fresh.
The China Center for Disease Control and Prevention warned that viruses that survive under certain conditions on items contaminated with the virus may cause infection in vulnerable contacts without effective protection, mainly in related industries.
The New Crown Pneumonia Prevention and Control Programme (7th Edition) recently issued by the Integrated Unit for the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism for the Outbreak of New Coronavirus Pneumonia has required all localities to implement the daily protection, health monitoring and active screening of cold-chain food-related practitioners, improve the environmental health conditions for production, processing and trading, and reduce the risk of infection between employees.
China CDC recommends that the work often with a higher new coronavirus pollution of cold chain products in close contact with industry practitioners, such as those engaged in cold chain product handling, processing, sales, etc., need to enhance the awareness of protection, do a good job of daily protection, to avoid direct skin contact with potentially contaminated cold chain products, contact with cold chain products after not removing the work clothes that may be contaminated and washing hands before disinfection do not touch the nose and nose, after the work needs to be immediately washed and disinfected, regular screening of nucleic acid.