New China COVID-19 outbreak to directly impact 'salmon business around the world'

Despite no known scientific possibility of fish carrying the coronavirus, the finding has made consumers and retailers fearful of imported salmon.

Fresh salmon fillet portions in a Shanghai market. The latest COVID-19 outbreak in China has been linked to a seafood market, including a cutting board used to process salmon.
Fresh salmon fillet portions in a Shanghai market. The latest COVID-19 outbreak in China has been linked to a seafood market, including a cutting board used to process salmon.Foto: Fartein Rudjord
Published 15 June 2020, 07:00Updated 18 June 2020, 14:31