BEIJING: China has jailed three people for more than four years for violating the rules, in one of the harshest punishments for lapses in implementing the government’s strict COVID-zero policy that led to the virus outbreak. .
The Global Times reported late Tuesday, which said a breach by a cargo company in Dalian, a port in the Northeast, involved asking employees to wear masks, avoid going to public places after hours, and to properly test and test. In which four people were allowed. Infect 83 others.
The episode involved a cargo ship bringing frozen goods to Dalian in mid-November 2020, the state-run news website said. The company’s controller, its legal representative and a supervisor were sentenced last week to between 39 and 57 months in prison. According to the news website, the company was fined 800,000 yuan ($125,500) for not giving the full name of the company or individuals, or the name of the court.
In late 2020, China sees virus outbreak in liaoning, whose second largest cities are in Dalian and Beijing. Chinese officials are particularly protective of the country’s capital, often requiring negative Covid tests to enter by plane or train, and strictly tracking people’s movements around the city with mobile apps.
China claims the coronavirus can persist in conditions found in cold-chain food and packaging, and officials are testing imported meat and seafood for traces of the virus. International health officials underestimate the possibility of such transmission.
Dalian handles about 70% of the total imported cold-chain products in the world’s No. 2 economy. In November last year, the city added a glut, which led to thousands of university students being placed under lockdown over the cold-chain industry.
The Global Times reported late Tuesday, which said a breach by a cargo company in Dalian, a port in the Northeast, involved asking employees to wear masks, avoid going to public places after hours, and to properly test and test. In which four people were allowed. Infect 83 others.
The episode involved a cargo ship bringing frozen goods to Dalian in mid-November 2020, the state-run news website said. The company’s controller, its legal representative and a supervisor were sentenced last week to between 39 and 57 months in prison. According to the news website, the company was fined 800,000 yuan ($125,500) for not giving the full name of the company or individuals, or the name of the court.
In late 2020, China sees virus outbreak in liaoning, whose second largest cities are in Dalian and Beijing. Chinese officials are particularly protective of the country’s capital, often requiring negative Covid tests to enter by plane or train, and strictly tracking people’s movements around the city with mobile apps.
China claims the coronavirus can persist in conditions found in cold-chain food and packaging, and officials are testing imported meat and seafood for traces of the virus. International health officials underestimate the possibility of such transmission.
Dalian handles about 70% of the total imported cold-chain products in the world’s No. 2 economy. In November last year, the city added a glut, which led to thousands of university students being placed under lockdown over the cold-chain industry.
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