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Fearing Covid strains could enter the country on frozen food imports, China is upping its checks on reefer shipments, leading to considerable delays at a number of ports. Chinese health officials said Wednesday that two cold-chain storage workers in the port city of Tianjin were infected with Covid-19. Earlier Covid relapses in the summer in cities including Beijing and Dalian were cited as coming from frozen food, with salmon often mentioned. Hapag-Lloyd informed its customers in a notice yesterday that due to instructions issued by local authorities, all reefer shipments to Tianjin are required to complete an inspection and test...
