There’s still ‘no evidence’ that coronavirus is being transmitted by food

• Coronavirus transmission via food isn't a risk, the World Health Organization reassure.
• A number of reports from New Zealand and China indicated that the coronavirus might be present on frozen food packaging, prompting worries that the virus could spread via food.
• WHO officials explained that there's no evidence to suggest food transmission is possible, and that cooked food would kill the virus.

A flurry of reports that hit the press almost simultaneously sparked a new coronavirus worry that COVID-19 might be transmitted via food. That's never been the case, and the virus isn't a foodborne illness. We'd have known if that were the case by now. Authorities in New Zealand identified new COVID-19 cases that were then linked to frozen food packaging.

Over in China, tests on shrimp imported from Ecuador and chicken wings from Brazil came back positive. This prompted journalists to ask the World Health Organization (WHO) whether there's any reason to worry. The organization reassured everyone there's no evidence that COVID-19 is being transmitted by food.

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