新發地疫情或源自冷鏈

Virus may spread by cold food
新發地疫情或源自冷鏈

Chinese scientists have discovered that the COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing in June was likely to have been triggered by cold-chain imports from overseas.
我國科學家發現，今年6月北京新冠肺炎疫情再現可能源自冷鏈進口食品污染。

The study was published online on Friday in China's peer-reviewed journal, the National Science Review.
這份研究報告10月23日在同行評議期刊《國家科學評論》上在線發表。

A new cluster of local infections linked to the massive Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing's Fengtai district emerged on June 11 after the capital reported no new local cases for 56 consecutive days.
6月11日，北京市在連續56天未報告本地病例後，出現了與豐臺區新發地批發市場相關聯的聚集性新冠疫情。

The outbreak, which prompted a mass testing campaign covering about half of the over 20 million residents of the capital, saw 335 confirmed cases.
疫情發生後，北京市立即展開大規模核酸檢測，逾2000萬居民中的半數接受了檢測，共發現335例確診病例。