Factbox: Can frozen or chilled food spread coronavirus?

Below are comments from health officials, doctors and other experts on the risk of infection from eating or handling frozen or chilled food. Wu told state media over the weekend that the virus can survive on the surface of frozen food for up to three months and his agency "highly suspects" contaminated goods were the source of the latest outbreak. Virus contraction via frozen food usually involves viruses such as the rotavirus and hepatitis A virus being transmitted through the gastrointestinal tract.

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