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Coronavirus can survive for three weeks on contaminated batches of frozen meat and fish, study finds – Chronicle Live
Scientists added the virus to meat and fish before freezing them and three weeks later the virus was found on the samples
Coronavirus can survive on meat and fish that has been frozen for at least three weeks, a new study has found.
Scientists say this could explain why sudden outbreaks have happened in countries that have not had any cases for long periods.
In the study, individual slices of salmon, chicken and pork from supermarkets in Singapore were sliced and a sample of the virus was added to them.
They were then stored in freezing temperatures – between 4C, which is standard refrigeration temperature, and…
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