How Covid-19 can cross borders via global agri-food market places
The virus tends to thrive in cold and dry environments, which has made cold-storage facilities ideal spaces for the pathogen to spread, according to a new study
29 October 2020 - 13:57
Singapore/Beijing — There is a real risk of cross-border coronavirus transmission through the $1.5-trillion global agri-food market, according to a scientist who has studied the phenomenon.
It is possible that contaminated food imports can transfer the virus to workers as well as the environment, said Dale Fisher, an infectious diseases physician at Singapore’s National University Hospital. Frozen-food markets are thought to be one harbour in the first part of a chain of transmission, he said...
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