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10 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Chinese authorities have issued warnings about parcels being potentially contaminated with #Covid19 just as #China's biggest annual online shopping festival looms, after three workers at a small company that makes children's clothing tested positive. straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…
Authorities are testing packages and monitoring people who've handled them after the infections were discovered at Haohui Ecommerce Co., which is based in Hebei, a province surrounding Beijing.
Some 300 packages have been tested, all coming back negative. Testing has also taken place in a small county in south China's Guangxi, where 16 parcels from the company were shipped in what authorities described as a "Covid-related mail chain".
Chinese authorities say packages from overseas or high-risk domestic places should be sanitised. Even for goods from low-risk areas, recipients are encouraged to wear masks and gloves when picking up and unpacking deliveries.

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