18 Jul 2022 --- Chinese researchers have linked almost 700 cases of COVID-19 to contaminated frozen food packaging, supporting speculation that cold-chain foods act as a pathway for SARS-CoV-2 and might present a risk of virus transmission between regions. The findings, published in China CDC Weekly, contradict official World Health Organization (WHO) statements asserting that there is no evidence linking COVID-19 transmission between people through food packaging. This is the first time it has been proposed that environment-to-human transmission originated from contaminated imported food.
