Coronavirus: China halts salmon imports over possible link to Beijing outbreak, as consumers leap to conclusions

China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they may be linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Beijing market, although experts say the fish itself is unlikely to carry the disease.State-run newspapers reported that the virus was discovered on chopping boards used for imported salmon at Beijing’s Xinfadi market, at the centre of a cluster of infections that has sparked fears of a second wave of the pandemic in China.The reports prompted major supermarkets in Beijing to…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3089320/coronavirus-china-halts-salmon-imports-over-possible-link