Yes, most definitely.
Dr Praveen Gupta, Director and Head Neurology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, told FIT, “Yes, cooking at 70ºC keeps food safe and ensures that the virus is killed.”
“It must be emphasised that poultry meat cooked at more than 70ºC temperature for 30 minutes inactivates the virus, and it is absolutely safe to consume properly cooked poultry meat and eggs,” the Centre too has noted.
According to Nishanth Chandran, Founder-CEO of online meat shop TenderCuts, the following precautions should be taken while buying meat directly from a butcher shop:
- Take your own stainless steel vessel and collect the meat in the same
- Avoid using a plastic bag to pack the meat at the shop
- When you reach home, clean the chicken immediately
However, one should avoid going to markets that sell poultry, experts tell.
“One should avoid going to open markets that sell poultry as they are the focal point of the spread,” Richa Sareen, consultant (pulmonology), at Fortis…