德国两只猫感染冠状病毒
文 / 李月霞
02/20/2021
（早报讯）德国汉堡两只猫证实感染冠状病毒，目前正隔离观察。
俄罗斯卫星通讯社引述NTV电视台的报道说，这两只家猫的主人此前因感染冠状病毒去世。德国弗里德里希·勒夫勒兽医研究所的专家们确定两只猫感染病毒。
汉堡动物庇护所的首席兽医乌尔德·伊克曼尼说：“两只猫现在一切正常。“她希望下周这两只猫可以解除隔离。
电视台的资料显示，目前德国有五起猫感染冠状病毒的病例，两起狗染病的纪录。研究显示，猫狗不能把冠状病毒传染给人类，但是它们却会感染病毒。
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Frozen food package polluted by living coronavirus could cause infection, China’s CDC says
10/17/2020
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s disease control authority said on Saturday that contact with frozen food packaging contaminated by living new coronavirus could cause infection.
The conclusion came as the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detected and isolated living coronavirus on the outer packaging of frozen cod during efforts to trace the virus in an outbreak reported last week in the city of Qingdao, the agency said on its website.
The finding, a world first, suggests it is possible for the virus to be conveyed over long distances via frozen goods, it said.
Two dock workers in Qingdao who were initially diagnosed as asymptomatic infections in September brought the virus to a chest hospital during quarantine due to insufficient disinfection and protection, leading to another 12 infections linked to the hospital, authorities said last week.
However, the CDC’s latest statement does not show solid proof that the two workers in Qingdao caught the virus from the packaging directly, rather than contracting the virus from somewhere else and then contaminating the food packaging they handled, said Jin Dong-Yan, a virology professor a t the University of Hong Kong.
The CDC said no instance had been found of any consumer contracting the virus by having contact with frozen food and the risk of this happening remained very low.
Nonetheless it advised that workers who handle, process and sell frozen products should avoid direct skin contact with products that could possibly be polluted.
Staff should not touch their mouth or nose before taking off work garments that could possibly be contaminated without washing their hands and should take tests regularly, the agency said.
Prior to the CDC’s latest findings genetic traces of the virus had been found in some samples taken from frozen food or food packaging, but the amount of virus was low and no living virus was isolated, the agency said.
Only living virus can infect people, while samples containing dead virus could also test positive for virus traces, Jin said.
Source: https://news.yahoo.com/frozen-food-package-polluted-living-144539547.html
中国疾病预防控制中心在冷链食品外包装分离到新冠活病毒
2020-10-17
近日，中国疾病预防控制中心对青岛新冠肺炎疫情溯源调查过程中，从工人搬运的进口冷冻鳕鱼的外包装阳性样本中检测分离到活病毒。这是国际上首次在冷链食品外包装上分离到新冠活病毒，并证实接触新冠活病毒污染的外包装可导致感染。
一、从冷链食品外包装分离出活病毒的意义
本次从青岛冷链食品外包装分离出活病毒，是首次在实验室外证实在冷链运输特殊条件下新冠病毒可以在物品外包装上存活较长时间，提示新冠病毒以冷链物品为载体具备远距离跨境输入的可能。在特定环境条件下，物品表面存活的病毒可能导致无有效防护的易感接触者发生感染，感染风险人群主要为冷链物品从业人员。本发现提示，在防范境外感染者输入的同时，需注意在境外被病毒污染的冷链物品将病毒输入的风险。
二、我国市场流通冷链食品被新冠病毒污染的风险很低
近期，我国有关部门对冷链食品开展了新冠病毒核酸抽检。截至9月15日，全国24个省份报送了298万份检测结果，其中冷链食品及包装样品67万份，从业人员样品124万份，环境样品107万份，仅在22件食品及包装中检出新冠病毒核酸阳性，病毒核酸载量较低，此前未曾分离到活病毒。
三、普通公众接触或食用冷链食品的感染风险很低
现有研究和防控实践显示，新冠肺炎不是食源性疾病，未发现通过摄入食物导致感染的情况。迄今为止，也尚未发现消费者因接触污染的冷链海产品而感染的病例，我国消费者感染风险极低。新冠病毒的主要传播途径仍为经呼吸道飞沫和密切接触传播。同时，我国相关部门已经加大了进口冷链食品新冠病毒监测、消毒等措施，普通公众注意保持清洁、生熟分开，可以正常购买和食用进口生鲜。
四、相关行业从业人员日常防护建议
病毒污染的物品上特定条件下尚存活的病毒可能导致无有效防护的易感接触者感染，主要为相关行业从业人员。国务院应对新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情联防联控机制综合组近期印发的《新冠肺炎防控方案（第七版）》已要求各地落实冷链食品相关从业人员的日常防护、健康监测和核酸主动筛查，改进生产、加工和交易环境卫生条件，降低从业人员感染风险。 中国疾控中心建议工作中经常与具有较高新冠病毒污染可能的冷链产品密切接触的行业从业人员，如从事冷链产品装卸、加工、销售等的人员，需增强防护意识，做好日常防护，避免皮肤直接接触可能被污染的冷链产品，接触冷链产品后未脱掉可能被污染的工作服并洗手消毒前不摸口鼻眼，工作完成后需立即洗手消毒，定期进行核酸筛查。
