Expert on how to avoid virus transmission through shipments
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Professor Dale Fisher, a senior consultant at the National University of Singapore, explains his remarks about the spread of the coronavirus via food. He had earlier said, "Coronavirus is hitching a ride on the food, infecting the first person that opens the box." He stressed that it's important to protect workers at the source of food packaging. While handling imported packages, workers should follow social distancing measures and focus on personal hygiene, he added.