Chinese authorities claim traces of COVID-19 found on frozen chicken wings

Chinese health authorities have found traces of coronavirus in imported frozen chicken wings and on food packaging.

NZ Herald reports the Shenzhen Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters said the public needed to take precautions around frozen food following the findings.

The warning came after a sample taken from frozen chicken wings that had arrived in the city from Brazil were reportedly found to have been contaminated by a coronavirus.

The move will spark fears the virus could spread on frozen food products after speculation this may have been possible due to the fact the virus can survive in cold temperatures.

The first cluster of COVID-19 cases in China was linked to a seafood market in Wuhan.

Initial studies suggested the virus may have originated in a wild animal such as a pangolin that was sold there.

[Source: NZ Herald]