Misleading local Chinese media reports suggesting the discovery of additional cases of COVID-19 on shrimp packaging from Ecuador, have been cleared up, reports Sina Finance.

The misleading news, which spread rapidly across the internet, has since been labeled as "misinterpreted".

The confusion was linked to a recent widespread announcement regarding tests conducted on the same batch of Ecuadorian shrimp already found to have traces of the virus last week, and returning positive COVID-19 results, Jiangxi Pingxiang City Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters confirmed.