Source: CCTV news client
In order to prevent and control the entry of overseas goods carrying viruses, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council has issued documents on many occasions, requiring ports to carry out comprehensive disinfection of imported mail and goods, hoping to intercept contaminated items at the gate. Ports are killed, express mail companies will also kill, but in reality, there are still cases of imported fruits and positive nucleic acid tests for international mail. So why do international mail still carry viruses after they are killed? The reporter interviewed Zhang Liubo, chief expert of sterilization at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Zhang Liubo, chief expert of sterilization at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the current situation of the new crown epidemic in the world is still continuing, and mail and goods entering China may be contaminated by the new crown virus. Some viruses may gradually die during transit, but under certain conditions, some viruses do not die and the goods become contagious.
Zhang Liubo, chief expert of disinfection at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Suppose that the amount of new coronavirus contaminated on foreign goods is relatively large, and at the same time, the transport workers cough and sneeze, and there may be more organic matter on saliva and sputum, which has a relatively good protective effect on the virus. Coupled with the fact that it is now winter in the northern hemisphere, the virus will survive for much longer. If it is airlifted again, the time is short, and at this time, when we come into contact with these goods, when we touch the surface of these packaging, there may be a risk of infection.
In addition, experts also introduced that the new crown virus will not only contaminate the packaging of mail, but also contaminate the goods inside. The relevant personnel of the express delivery industry did not have the first to get sick, indicating that the protection and disinfection effect on the surface of the mail is good, but the risk of transmission of the goods inside the package should be highly valued.