In mid-November 2019, seafood from Maine, USA, is transported to Wuhan South Huanese Seafood Market via cold chain. In just a few weeks, several merchants at the Huanam Seafood Market developed pneumonia of unknown cause in a row.

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On November 11, 2019, at 4:04 a.m., Eastern Airlines flight MU298 landed at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The American cold chain cargo loaded on the plane got off the plane of the North Cargo Terminal of the airport and was transported to the international cargo arrival area and waiting for customs clearance. Among them, there were 55 boxes of 823.4 kilograms of iced Boston Lobster.