Foreign collusion is unacceptable in any country

21:54, November 15, 2020

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  In LatAm, Chile leads in COVID-19 testing, says gov't

  Chile has carried out more tests to detect novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection than any other country in Latin America, with 42,071 tests done in the past 24 hours alone, Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris said on Sunday.

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  China suspends cold-chain food imports from contaminated foreign production facilities after talking with 109 countries

  After coronavirus-positive imported cold-chain products were found across China, Chinese Customs held talks with all 109 countries that export cold-chain food to China and would suspend imports from companies in these countries which are suffering from virus infections among its working staff.Photo: XinhuaThe General Administration of Customs of China also said that they would enhance risk surveillance, China Central Television reported on Saturday.The move came after reports of the novel coronavirus being found on packages of cold-chain imported products in at least five places on Friday and Saturday, namely Wuhan in Central China’s Hubei Province, Jinan and Liangshan in East China’s Shandong Province, Quanzhou in East China’s Fujian Province and Lanzhou in Northwest China’s Gansu Province.The general administration on Friday also announced to suspend declaration for imported cuttlefish of Indian company M/s.Basuinternational(UnitI) after discovering the novel coronavirus on three packages of a batch of the products.Since June, more than 10 provinces and cities including Beijing, Liaoning, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Guangdong, Shaanxi, and Jiangsu, have discovered coronavirus-positive samples taken from imported frozen food or food packaging.To prevent the imported food from infecting people, Chinas State Council on Monday required all imported cold-chain food to be thoroughly disinfected before going to the market. Related equipment and warehouses are also required to be fully sterilized, including loading and transporting carriers.Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, warned that the process of goods transportation in winter is similar to cold-chain delivery, so it is necessary to test every batch of other imported goods for the novel coronavirus.

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  China to offer COVID-19 test kits to Mogolia

  20 -- To help and support Mongolia in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, China has decided to provide urgent assistance to the country with testing facilities and kits for COVID-19, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Friday. The country has also imposed prevention and control m