China isolates live COVID-19 virus from cold chain food packaging

China has detected and isolated live COVID-19 virus in the outer package of imported frozen cod transported by workers during a trace-back investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak in Qingdao, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.

This is the first time that live COVID-19 virus has been isolated from cold chain food packaging, and it has been confirmed that exposure to coronavirus contaminated packaging can lead to infection.