Tianjin coronavirus case may arise from frozen food: expert


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Virologists said Thursday that the COVID-19 case reported on Wednesday in North China's Tianjin Municipality may have come from frozen food contaminated by the coronavirus, as the patient had cleaned frozen seafood in a hotel.Scientists urged local medical authorities to sequence the genetic code of the virus.The patient, a 22-year-old man working in the city's Conrad Hotel, has washed dishes in the hotel since May 30 , occasionally cleaning frozen seafood.The Tianjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that the man had no travel history in the 14 days prior to the onset of his illness, and no history...