Experts said it is extremely unlikely for seafood like salmon to be the carrier of the novel coronavirus, which was found on cutting boards for imported salmon at Beijing’s Xinfadi wholesale market, China’s new hot spot of COVID-19 infection.
Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist at the CDC, said in a statement on Saturday that fish in their natural habitat cannot catch coronavirus, however, they can be contaminated by workers during capture or transportation.
“Our seafood products are typically stored and transported in cold containers, thus it is possible for the virus to be preserved for a long time and increase the likelihood of infecting people,” he said. Wu said there is no need to panic as Beijing has moved swiftly to contain the outbreak. “The know-how accumulated over the last few months, and with the use of advanced technologies like big data, has served us well in our contact tracing and diagnosis initiatives,” he said.“The valuable information we are collecting will be instrumental in Beijing’s prevention efforts, and may even reveal new insights into the mysteries of the virus’ mode of transmission,” he added.
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