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Autumn Blossom

Tourists visit the chrysanthemum park in Luanxie, a village in Shahe, Hebei Province in north China, on November 8. The village is growing improved varieties of chrysanthemum to develop rural tourism. The park has over 500 varieties of the flower.

Cold-Chain Risk

The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) released a plan on November 9, outlining measures for full-chain, closed-loop and traceable management of imported coldchain foods.

To block the transmission of COVID-19 through imported cold-chain foods, complete disinfection of such products will be carried out and tests conducted at the ports.

For imported cold-chain foods that test negative for the virus, the interiors of the

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