China suspects clothing parcels spreading Covid after workers test positive

Authorities ordered people who had received -- or even just handled -- parcels from the company to get tested

China is taking its extreme Covid-19 containment measures a step further, warning that the virus could be transmitted on parcels just as the country’s biggest annual online shopping festival looms. 

After three workers at a children’s clothing maker in the northeastern Hebei province were found to have Covid, authorities more than 1,200 miles away ordered people who had received -- or even just handled -- parcels from the company to get tested. The health commission in Guangxi, in China’s southeast, described the situation as a “Covid-related mail chain.” 

Back in Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, officials have tested 300 packages of