Chinese media say foreign parcels are suspected of being newly infected

China's state media reports that parcels mailed from abroad may have spread the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Beijing and elsewhere. World wide, [Health expert](//medicalxpress.com/tags/health+experts/) It emphasizes that when infected people breathe, talk, cough, and sneeze, the virus spreads primarily through respiratory droplets. However, China has repeatedly emphasized the risk of infection from packaging, despite the fact that only trace amounts of the virus have been detected, and is stepping up inspections for frozen foods and regular products shipped from abroad. The Communist Party newspaper Global Times states that the Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and virologists…