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Coronavirus: China halts salmon imports over possible link to Beijing outbreak as consumers leap to conclusions

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China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they may be linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Beijing market, although experts say the fish itself is unlikely to carry the disease.State-run newspapers reported that the virus was discovered on chopping boards used for imported salmon at Beijing’s Xinfadi market, at the centre of a cluster of infections that has sparked fears of a second wave of the pandemic in China.The reports prompted major supermarkets in Beijing to…

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