China is beefing up inspections of imported meat and seafood after traces of the COVID-19 virus were found on packages of frozen foods in recent months. Western experts generally downplay the problem. But as The World’s Rebecca Kanthor in Shanghai tells host Marco Werman, China is taking the threat seriously and imposing new rules about disinfecting shipments from abroad.
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