The Guangzhou New Coronary Pneumonia Prevention and Control Command Office said that people who have recently received international express delivery must immediately undergo a nucleic acid test.
Some people in Shenzhen said they were asked to test after receiving a package from Hong Kong.
The first local case of Omicron was reported in Beijing on the 15th. It is not ruled out that the patient contracted the virus after contacting packages from overseas, and urged people not to make overseas online purchases.
Only a few weeks before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4, Beijing reported a local confirmed case of Omicron on the 15th. This person lives in Haidian District, Beijing.
Beijing held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control on the 17th, saying that the patient claimed to have received international mail recently. The mail was sent from Canada on the 7th and arrived in Beijing via the United States and Hong Kong.
Some of its samples were found to contain the new coronavirus in nucleic acid testing.
The Guangzhou Transportation Prevention and Control Special Class said on the 19th that citizens who received international express delivery from the 16th to the 19th will receive a reminder text message.
These people should go to the nucleic acid testing point designated by the community to receive a nucleic acid test within 3 days, free of charge.
From the 20th, the recipients of the city's international express delivery should undergo a nucleic acid test from the 3rd to the 7th day after receipt.
After many Shenzhen citizens received international express, the health code turned yellow from the 18th, which made them worried.
A man surnamed He said that he received a package from Hong Kong on the 13th. After receiving a call from the community on the 18th, he found that the health code had turned yellow.
The Shenzhen Government Service Convenience Hotline replied that citizens must undergo nucleic acid testing within 48 hours after receiving international express delivery, and a second nucleic acid test within 7 days.
On the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2021, some couriers who stayed in Beijing for the Chinese New Year continued to be busy dispatching parcels.
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The risk of infection must also be vigilant
As the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) epidemic continues to enter its third year, the novel coronavirus (SARS‑CoV‑2) has been detected on the surface of shipping packaging materials from time to time in the past.
How long can the virus survive on the surface of the package, and how can people prevent infection?
In April 2020, at the beginning of the outbreak, the British magazine BBC Science Focus published an article on April 6, 2020, saying that it was hypothetically possible that people could contract the new coronavirus through contact with packages, but the risk was very small.
The article cites an American study that found that the coronavirus can survive on cardboard for up to 24 hours (and possibly paper).
If a COVID-19 patient has touched or coughed into your bag in the past day, its surface is likely to be contaminated.
BBC Science Focus is a science and technology magazine published by Immediate Media Company, formerly BBC Magazines.
With the repeated outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, more and more people are accustomed to shopping online to avoid in-person shopping and increase the risk of infection.
However, after the goods are taken home, some "procedures" must be carried out before the goods can be actually used.
The picture shows consumers outside a Korean drugstore.
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Virus survival: 24 hours on the surface of the paper skin
The US Web Doctor website (WebMD) said on August 9, 2021 that the possibility of contracting the new coronavirus from the surface of objects is unlikely, but the risk exists.
Laboratory studies have found that the virus survives for different times on different materials.
It's not entirely clear to the scientific community whether these findings always apply to the real world, but they can provide us with a guide.
WebMD says the new coronavirus can survive for up to 24 hours on some items, such as cardboard boxes used for shipping.
For other packaging materials such as paper (e.g. mail and newspapers), the amount of time the virus can survive on their surfaces will vary from material to material.
Some strains of coronavirus can live on their surfaces for only a few minutes, but others can live for up to five days.
As for plastics such as milk cartons, plastic bottles of detergent, paper used to wrap sandwiches, bus seats and elevator buttons, the virus can survive on their surfaces for 2 to 3 days.
WebMD says the likelihood of infection from touching the package is low, but common sense advice is that people wash their hands with soap and water after opening the package, and then after handling the packaging—especially if you or others in your household Humans are susceptible to disease.
For reference, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in its April 17, 2020 update to express truck drivers on its website, recommends that they keep cleaning and disinfecting wipes in their vehicles, and A garbage bag.
They are also advised to wipe down the pens, signature pads and electronic signature pads used for signing after each settlement.
To put it another way, this means that these items have the potential to spread the virus, and if we touch them during the delivery of the package, we need to clean our hands afterwards.
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