Covid-19 found on auto part packaging samples in China

Beijing, Jan 4 : Multiple auto part packaging samples have tested positive for the novel coronavirus across China, after a company engaged in auto part sales reported a confirmed Covid-19 case.
In the city of Jincheng, Shanxi province, the local centre for disease control and prevention detected the virus on auto tire packaging, Xinhua news agency reported.
The centre then activated an emergency response.
Personnel who came in close contact with the goods have been quarantined and all have tested negative.
Related goods have been sealed.
In Hohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, five samples of the packaging of auto parts at a store tested positive for the virus, according to the city’s headquarters for Covid-19 prevention and control.