Ice cream in China found to have coronavirus

AuthorOMRI RON
Published date17 January 2021
According to authorities, the company has produced 4,836 boxes of contaminated Ice cream, with 2,089 boxes sealed in storage.

Out of the other 2,747 boxes that entered the market, 935 were in Tianjin and only 65 were sold.

"It's likely this has come from a person, and without knowing the details, I think this is probably a one-off," Dr. Stephen Griffin, a virologist based at the University of Leeds, told Sky News.

According to Griffin, this is likely a result of hygiene issues at the factory. He also suggested the reason the virus could survive until the samples were taken was the fact that ice cream was stored in cold temperatures as well as the fact that it contains fat. He further explained that this should not be cause for major concern, as he believes that it is no reason to believe that this...

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