Geneva: People should not fear coronavirus infection through contact with food, according to the World Health Organization, which is following researchers in China who are studying the issue.
“There is no evidence that food or the food chain is participating in the transmission of this virus,” Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program, said during a press conference at the organization’s Geneva headquarters.
Three cities in China have found the virus on the surface of imported frozen food in recent days . However, positive cases are exceedingly rare, according to Chinese researchers.
Chinese health authorities have tested hundreds of thousands of frozen food samples and “very, very few” tests come back positive for the virus, WHO officials said.
