Posted on 08/19/2022 8:23:18 AM PDT by algore
In the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen, it’s not just the mouths of fishers being swabbed for Covid-19, but also the fish they’ve caught.
As China maintains its commitment to zero Covid, city authorities are working to ensure there is no avenue for the virus to enter, ordering all fishers and their catch undergo a daily nucleic acid test.
According to the Xiamen Jimei district’s political and legal committee, it was necessary to swab both returning workers and their “materials” immediately upon disembarking each day, because some fishers had made illegal trades or contact with overseas vessels while at sea, “resulting in the import of the coronavirus”.
“At present, all people in Xiamen City need nucleic acid testing, and the fish catches must be tested as well,” an employee at the Xiamen municipal ocean development bureau told local media. TV news reports showed officials swabbing the mouths of fish and the underside of crabs.
There was no report that any trace of the virus had been detected.
The rules were published late last month and made the news this week
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
“Does a fish have an anus to swab?”
Yes and they, also, have nostrils. Fish have a tough life.
wy69
The Chinese were coy about where COVID came from, but now they’re koi about it too.
Honey badger don’t give a .... Fisher looks like he gives even less of one.
I pose the rhetorical once again:
Why is the CCP so afraid of this virus?
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