Coronavirus: Australia slams WHO support for China wet markets
Daily MailAustralia has piled pressure on the World Health Organisation after it backed the reopening of China's wet markets despite them being the likely origin of COVID-19. The WHO last week claimed China's wet markets could be made to sell safe food with increased hygiene practices and refused to support their closure as they are an important source of food and income. Australia has pressured the World Health Organisation's decision to allow the reopening of wet markets in China despite strong evidence they were the origin of the coronavirus Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded transparency from the organisation to prevent another global scale outbreak from occurring in the future 'There must be transparency in understanding how it began in Wuhan and how it was transmitted. The WHO claimed China's wet markets could become safe spaces to buy and sell food by increasing hygiene procedures.