Are you worried that you might get the new coronavirus from food or food packaging? No need for such fears, the World Health Organization (WHO) said this week.
“People should not be afraid of food, or food packaging or food processing or delivery,” Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, said Thursday in Geneva, according to Reuters.
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The official’s comments came after a report that a batch of frozen chicken wings from Brazil that were exported to China tested positive for the new virus, Chinese officials said this week.
“People should not be afraid of food, or food packaging or food processing or delivery,” Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, said Thursday in Geneva, according to Reuters.
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Routine screenings of imported meat and seabird in the city of Shenzhen revealed the coronavirus-positive poultry, reports The New York Post, noting that all those who may have come in contact with the chicken wings – “along with food products stored in ‘ e batch, ”Per de Post – were tested for COVID-19. However, all results were reported negative.
In addition, this week the virus was found on the packaging of frozen seafood shipped from Ecuador to China.
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“However, there is no evidence that food like the food chain is involved [the] transmission of this virus. And people need to feel comfortable and safe, “Ryan admitted on Thursday.
WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove also spoke on the subject, noting that Chinese officials had checked “hundreds of thousands of packages” but “found very, very few, less than 10” that were positive for COVID-19, per Reuters.
