"The pressure of importing dragon fruit in recent days has been a bit large", just this week in 2022, there have been many places in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces have detected positive new crown imported dragon fruit, and emergency notices have been issued.
Dragon fruit imported from many places tested positive for nucleic acid
On New Year's Day 2022, the Headquarters for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, issued a notice saying that the Yongkang Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention received a notice from its superiors to conduct nucleic acid testing on a batch of dragon fruit imported from Vietnam, and the results were weak positive.
▲Screenshot of the notice of Yongkang's public account
In the early morning of January 2, the headquarters for the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Jinhua Economic and Technological Development Zone, Zhejiang Province, issued a notice that on January 1, when the district conducted a sampling nucleic acid test at booth No. 5 fruit in the Qiubin Farmers' Market, it detected a sample (dragon fruit packaging) positive for the new crown virus nucleic acid.
On the same day, two fruit shops in Baima Town, Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province, tested weakly positive for the outer packaging of dragon fruit; Hangzhou Chun'an also found that 12 copies of the inner and outer packaging of dragon fruit were positive for nucleic acid testing.
According to media reports on January 3, Zhejiang Longquan, Songyang, Shangyu and other places have found that imported dragon fruit nucleic acid test is positive. In addition, the official of Wanzai County in Jiangxi Province also reported on the same day that 36 kilograms of red heart dragon fruit imported from Vietnam flowed into Wanzai County and is currently not sold.
▲A batch of imported dragon fruit in Shangyu District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, tested positive and issued a screenshot of the emergency investigation notice
Since then, more and more imported dragon fruit has been tested positive for new coronavirus nucleic acid. As of the 8th, Yangzhou, Huai'an and other places in Jiangsu Province, as well as Hefei, Ningguo and other places in Anhui Province, have found that the nucleic acid test results of imported dragon fruit have been positive.
▲Screenshot from Hefei DISEASE Control public account
In addition to importing dragon fruit, Songyang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, also found that two samples imported from Thailand had weak positive initial screening results, and a batch of imported cherries in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region tested positive for the new crown virus.
What should I do if I buy these imported fruits?
What if I bought these imported fruits while shopping?
The reporter noted that after the nucleic acid test of imported fruits was positive, many places made it clear in the notice that those who had purchased such fruits should immediately stop eating and avoid contact; at the same time, they would not contact others and report in time.
For example, on New Year's Day, Zhejiang Yongkang, which notified the imported dragon fruit sample nucleic acid initial test weak yang, required that those who have purchased dragon fruit should immediately stop eating it, avoid contact, and report to the Yongkang City New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters Office or the Yongkang City Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC of Hefei City, Anhui Province, reminds that if it is purchased in relevant supermarkets (including online shopping) or has contacted dragon fruit between December 31, 2021 and January 8, 2022, it is timely to report to the CDC of the jurisdiction. If you have been to the above supermarkets between December 31, 2021 and January 8, 2022, please take personal protection, go to the nearest nucleic acid collection point for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing, and do self-health monitoring. If there is an abnormal situation such as fever and cough, seek medical treatment in time and take the initiative to report to the CDC of the jurisdiction.
Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province, requires those who have purchased dragon fruit imported from epidemic-related shops to immediately isolate themselves at home, avoid contact with others, and report with the territorial villages (communities) to cooperate with the corresponding control measures, and the purchased fruits should be sealed immediately and stopped eating, and the follow-up disease control departments and territories will follow up and dispose of them.
In addition, Jiangsu also proposed that the remaining food related to the epidemic should be temporarily stored on the spot, and should not be discarded at will, and should be disposed of by professionals at home.
▲Data map: The picture shows the fruit in the dragon fruit greenhouse. (Picture and text are not related) Chen Qi photo
Can imported fruits still be eaten?
Many people may be worried, can imported fruits still be eaten? And why do you carry the new crown virus?
Experts from the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention introduced that at present, most of the overseas areas are high-risk areas, the epidemic situation is more serious, because the patient (or asymptomatic infected person) in the process of labor work contaminated with fruit and outer packaging, the virus will float on it. The new crown virus prefers a low temperature environment, the lower the temperature, the longer the survival time, after entering the winter, the risk of the virus being brought into China increases.
According to the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the new crown pneumonia is not a foodborne disease, and the risk of infection in people who eat fruits is extremely low, and there is no need to panic excessively, but it should be protected. A series of people who are in direct contact with import and export goods, such as logistics workers and stevedor workers, are high-risk groups, and they must be protected in accordance with the prevention and control measures of key groups.
Some media reports have suggested that when selecting imported fruits, you should wear a mask, wear disposable gloves or disposable plastic bags to cover your hands for selection, and try to avoid touching the surface of food with your bare hands.
Experts from the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that after buying imported fruits to go home, they should first spray or wipe the external packaging with alcohol or disinfectant wipes, and then choose the cleaning method according to the characteristics of the fruit, which can be soaked in water for 10 to 20 minutes; they can also choose the qualified fruit cleaner sold on the market for cleaning, and then rinse it with water. After cleaning, disinfect the used utensils, and finally be rinsed with clean water. In the process of disinfection and cleaning, it is necessary to wear protective measures such as wearing masks and disposable gloves, and wash your hands after cleaning.
This article is reprinted from the WeChat public account "Guangming Daily", source: China News Network