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Checkpoint outside a cold store for imported beef and frozen food in Wuhan, China – GB Screenshot
The first cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December. Almost a year after the outbreak of the pandemic, more than 1.5 million people have died from COVID-19, the economies of many countries severely damaged by lockdown measures against the epidemic.
In article 6-12, Global times – Beijing government newspaper – begins by noting that recent cases in China involve markets selling imported frozen products.
This sheet cites data from July to now China has 41 cases of corona virus found in imported frozen food packaging.
Specifically, 7 cases related to frozen shrimp from Ecuador, 8 cases related to frozen fish … Corona virus was also found in the packaging of imported frozen pork, chicken and beef.
The point is worth making Global times It is not clear whether it is a new strain of the corona virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 virus) or the corona virus family in general. Despite this, this sheet still suggests that the outbreak in Wuhan’s south China market could be caused by imported frozen food.
Hoa Nam Market is considered a large market, specialized in Wuhan wholesaling. It is also the site of the first reported cases of COVID-19 in the world.
The article citing customs data shows that in 2019, before an outbreak in Wuhan, the amount of frozen food imported into this city increased by 174%.
“The frozen products in China are very clean. I don’t know if the frozen products are imported from abroad,” a small trader from the Hualien market told reporters. Global times. “There is nothing wrong with it. The government checks what I sell twice a month,” said another who sells fresh produce.
A local resident said that most of the food sold at the Hoa Nam market is imported frozen food and that wild animals such as bats are “not always available.” This person works as a lychee trader and has lived near the market for about 20 years.
The South China market in Wuhan was blocked after an outbreak in early 2020 – Photo: AFP
There is a special point Global times admitted in the article that the majority of those interviewed believed that the United States had spread SARS-CoV-2. The people of Wuhan believe that American soldiers brought the virus when they participated in the Military Olympics in China in October 2019.
The article also quotes an expert as saying that “theoretically, the corona virus from other countries caused the outbreak in Wuhan.” However, he confirmed that so far there is insufficient evidence to support it.
Global times still included in previous expert comments but continued to promote the COVID-19 hypothesis as imported and cited other experts.
This document cites an October 2020 report in which the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that laboratory studies have confirmed that the corona virus can persist for a long time. frozen food packaging.
Yang Zhanqiu, a pathologist at Wuhan University, confirmed that the discovery suggests that the corona virus has been “imported” into China.
“This thought has never escaped me before. In the current context, the hypothesis that viruses reach Wuhan through imported frozen goods has become more plausible than before,” Yang said. make an opinion.
This is not the first time that Beijing has promoted the introduction of the epidemic disease into China through the packaging of frozen foods. Previous Posts 6-12 Global times is the second in a series of articles promoting the above theory.
November 25 People’s diary Chinese authorities released an article stating that “COVID-19 did not start in Wuhan, central China, but could come from imported frozen food.”
In parallel with efforts to refute SARS-CoV-2 originating in Wuhan, Chinese state media have also promoted viral information that has appeared in other parts of the world. A graph of Global times showed that the corona virus was found in Spain, Italy since March 2016.
Posts by Global times Y People’s diary they are all in English, suggesting that the target audience is foreigners, an attempt to steer public opinion in favor of Beijing.
