Winter is a period of high incidence of norovirus
recently
There are many causes of eating oysters raw in South Korea
Norovirus infection
At the same time, there are many shellfish farms
Norovirus was detected
It has aroused great concern in Korean society
It's unclear
Oysters infected with norovirus
Whether it has been exported to the Chinese market
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In Korea, people like to eat oysters raw to taste their original taste, especially in the winter when oysters are the fattest. However, the Korean Disease Administration said that recently many places in South Korea have experienced symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea caused by eating oysters raw. The main cause of the disease is the detection of norovirus in shellfish such as oysters. According to the latest data, there have been more than 200 cases of norovirus infection in South Korea this month, of which nearly half are young people in their 20s and thirties.
In this regard, the Ministry of Marine fisheries of the Republic of Korea has also recently tested a number of oyster farms across the country, and found that unlike the previous norovirus that only appeared in farms in the southern waters such as Tongyeong and Geoje in South Korea, this year it was detected for the first time in the western regions such as Chungcheongnam-do and Incheon, and the virus spread nationwide.
South Korea's Ministry of Oceanography and Fisheries speculates that this may be related to the excessive rainfall last year, which led to the flow of norovirus into the sea with rainwater in many lands, requiring production and processing companies to postpone shipments before ensuring the safety of oysters, and strictly supervising relevant enterprises to sell oyster products after marking "heated cooking and eating" on the labels of oyster products, reminding consumers not to eat raw.
Korean oysters are not only loved by the local people, but also exported overseas. The reporter also contacted the relevant departments for the first time, and the person in charge said that it was not clear whether the oysters infected with norovirus had been exported to the Chinese market.
Source: CCTV Finance
Editor-in-charge: Li Chunxue