Tag: shipping
China traces coronavirus cluster to contaminated trucks
China traced the now-contained Covid-19 outbreak last month in the northwestern Xinjiang autonomous region to contaminated freight trucks that transported export goods to neighboring countries. More...
Coronavirus thrives in cold, damp conditions like shipping containers
Coronavirus can maintain a longer vitality in dark and cold environments, especially in wet and cold shipping containers that have just landed, which will increase the risk of infection via unprotected contact, Zhang Wenhong, Shanghai-based infectious disease expert and leader of Shanghai COVID-19 control group said Thursday on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo. More...