China Post to test all overseas mail for Covid-19 as outbreak continues


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The state-owned China Post Group Corporation has further tightened regulations on overseas mail after 15 out of the country’s 34 provinces and municipalities reported new Covid-19 cases last week. In a notice released on its official WeChat account on Monday, China Post said it is carrying out nucleic acid testing for overseas mail and parcels to prevent the possibility of coronavirus infections through contaminated objects to human beings. Tao Mu, from China Post in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, told state broadcaster CCTV mail would be delivered within 14 to 20 hours of a negative test result. The northern region reported dozens...