Even the fish in the sea are caught up in China's attempts to stop the spread of Covid 19, according to Bloomberg.
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The authorities in the coastal city of Xiamen, southeastern Fujian province, are testing not only fishers for the virus on a daily basis but also their catch. The practice has provoked debate and has been the subject of ridicule on social media, and comes amid a worsening outbreak on the island of Hainan further south, which the government has said may have originated at a fishmonger's shop.
Xiamen s district of Jimei announced in late July that it was testing because of concerns that illegal trading with foreign fishers could import the virus. The regime involves testing both people and the things they have been in contact with, including fish plucked from the water. Some people saw pictures of fish getting oral swabs as a symbol of China's overzealous application of its Covid Zero policies, which caught the eye of netizens in particular.
Fishers must carry out one Covid test every day during operations, the official notice said. Both humans and their catch land on shore, so they should be tested. Wags on the internet have been poking fun, suggesting the tests could be expanded to mosquitoes, perhaps the worst spreader of disease among humans, or using the data to restrict the movements of fish in the ocean.
The government in Jimei couldn't be reached for comment. But jokes aside, the regulations in Xiamen and other coastal areas highlight how China and other countries differ over two years into the epidemic on the threat posed by food when it comes to transmitting Covid.
Researchers in China found that the virus can persist in conditions found in frozen food and packaging, as well as cold-chain products, which are kept refrigerated. They have also linked some infections to imported goods, although the degree of surface contact or amount of virus required is not known. China's government has embraced this theory, and some supermarkets even have separate coolers for imported goods.
The US Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in 2021 that there was no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of transmission.
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