Xinfadi Market employee : Coronavirus outbreak due to negligence of cold chain logistics supervision

Reporter : Chu Yunshen

Editor : Yuan Mingqing

Publisher : Sound Of Hope

Ref : https://www.soundofhope.org/post/391240

Extract translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan

                                            / KUCINTA SETIA

Image : Employee in Xinfadi broke the news: Due to negligence of cold chain logistics supervision, the Xinfadi epidemic started. Courtesy of Advantech.

The second wave of covid outbreaks in Beijing broke out from the Xinfadi Market. SARS-CoV-2 was found on the cutting board of the salmon introduced from Beijing-Shenzhen Seafood Market. This caused the merchants to rush off the salmon and halt the import of European salmon. However, according to the employees in the Xinfadi Market, the online disclosure of this wave of salmon is unfair, mainly because the management encouraged the purchase and supply of goods from Hubei, but did not seriously supervise the thousands of the cold chain logistics entering the market.

An employee who claimed to be from Xinfadi Market said that it was Zhang Yuelin, the general manager of the Xinfadi Market, who personally and officially encouraged the purchase of goods from Hubei, but has neglected to monitor the cold chain transportation fleet. The employee also said that the salmon on the chopping board came from the Beijing-Shenzhen seafood market, but Beijing-Shenzhen had no confirmed covid cases, which is iron evidence.

On 14 June, the Beijing Municipal Committee held a meeting to remove Zhou Yuqing, Deputy Head of Fengtai District, Wang Hua, Secretary of the Huaxiang Party Committee of Fengtai District, and Zhang Yuelin, General Manager of Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market. Zhang Yuelin is the daughter of Zhang Yuxi, chairman of Xinfadi Market. Zhang Yuxi said in an interview with the CCP official media after the outbreak that SARS-CoV-2 was detected on the cutting board of imported salmon during environmental testing by relevant departments. The source of the imported salmon came from the Beijing-Shenzhen seafood market.

After Zhang Yuelin was removed from office, the above-mentioned internal employee of Xinfadi disclosed on social media that Zhang Yuelin and the leadership "encouraged the purchase and supply of goods from Hubei to save Hubei. The entire cold chain logistics company's entry and exit of nearly a thousand fleets is neglected, and it has become another infectious channel that has been missed in addition to the movement of people."

The employee also disclosed, "In the current situation, 51 people were confirmed in the entire 3 days, all of them were newly infected, and no one of the largest imported aquatic market-Beijing-Shenzhen Seafood Market was ill. This is iron evidence, let alone the conspiracy theory. Don't attack yourself, you can't justify yourself."

He further criticized Zhang Yuxi, the chairman of Xinfadi, "In order to evade, he also spread rumour that the virus was found on the cutting board of salmon. He deliberately does not mention there are also infectious viruses on refrigerated trucks, cold storage, and forklifts. Putting blame on salmon as the source of the virus is misleading the public. This kind of person confuses everyone at the critical moment, and should really be dealt with by law."