Shi Guoqing, deputy director of the emergency center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and an expert from the National Health Commission, said at the press conference on the evening of June 16 that there is currently no evidence that salmon is the host or intermediate host of the new coronavirus. In this contaminated local place related to the epidemic in the new place, the salmon was indeed found to be contaminated by inspection, but the salmon before entering the contaminated place did not detect the new coronavirus. He emphasized that no matter whether eating salmon or other foods, they should be cleaned and processed as necessary. (Editor Zhou Jing)

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