Center spokesman Ma Huilai told the Global Times that after the suppression of the first outbreak of coronavirus in the PRC in the spring of 2020, there were episodic outbreaks in Beijing and Dalian in the summer.
“We conducted epidemiological studies ... and confirmed that the virus was imported from other countries or regions through cold chain transportation,” the specialist said.
According to Ma, the study suggests that the coronavirus is capable of traveling long distances on food in the cold chain.
This, according to the expert, is an indicator that the outbreak of the coronavirus in the seafood market in Wuhan could be caused by imports in the cold chain.
Earlier, the US intelligence community published declassified excerpts from a report to President Joe Biden on the origin of the coronavirus.
In particular, it believes that the Chinese authorities did not have information about COVID-19 prior to the outbreak of the disease.
Later, the Chinese Embassy in the United States called the report of the American intelligence community on the origins of the coronavirus scientifically unconvincing.