Wuhan’s ‘wet markets’ reopen, face heat
4 years, 8 months ago

Wuhan’s ‘wet markets’ reopen, face heat

The Hindu  

At a large food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, signs forbid the selling of wild animals and live fowl, while announcements calling for “victory” over COVID-19 play on a loop from speakers. China’s “wet markets” have been slammed internationally as the coronavirus roils the world, with the disease having seemingly emerged from stalls selling live animals in Wuhan late last year. Global call Nevertheless, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said this week the decision to reopen wet markets was “unfathomable”. The top medical specialist for the U.S. government, Anthony Fauci, told Fox News earlier this month that wet markets should be shut down “right away.”

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Azealia Banks claims Birmingham fish stall made her ill: ‘It’s giving Wuhan wet market’
3 months, 1 week ago

Azealia Banks claims Birmingham fish stall made her ill: ‘It’s giving Wuhan wet market’

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Azealia Banks has claimed that …

COVID or not, ‘the desire to eat wildlife’ continues in Asia
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID or not, ‘the desire to eat wildlife’ continues in Asia

Al Jazeera  

Countries in the region moved to ban the sale and consumption of wildlife after COVID-19 emerged, but coronavirus remains rampant and so does the trade. Several Asian countries have passed new laws to curb the sale of ‘bush meat’ and limit activity at wet markets during the pandemic. In Indonesia, the site of Asia’s worst COVID-19 outbreak with more than …

One year on, Wuhan market, the epicentre of covid outbreak, remains barricaded
4 years ago

One year on, Wuhan market, the epicentre of covid outbreak, remains barricaded

Live Mint  

For over six years, 38-year-old Wuhan restaurant owner Lai Yun started most days the same way - with a trip to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, just ten minutes walk from his house. Almost a year since the outbreak began, COVID-19 has claimed more than 1.5 million lives, and the Wuhan wet market where it was initially detected stands empty …

A year on, markets bustling in Wuhan where COVID-19 emerged
4 years, 1 month ago

A year on, markets bustling in Wuhan where COVID-19 emerged

Live Mint  

Hundreds of shoppers pack a wet market on a December weekday morning in the Chinese city of Wuhan, jostling to buy fresh vegetables and live fish, frogs and turtles. Almost a year since the city reported the world's first cases of COVID-19 in one of its handful of vast wet markets, and even as several other countries remain firmly in …

Vietnam bans wildlife imports and markets amid concerns over coronavirus spread
4 years, 5 months ago

Vietnam bans wildlife imports and markets amid concerns over coronavirus spread

ABC  

Vietnam has announced it will ban wildlife imports and close wildlife markets in response to renewed concerns about the threat from diseases that can jump from animals to humans, such as the virus that causes COVID-19. Key points: Vietnam has long been a large market for illegal wildlife products due to their use in traditional medicine Australia has pushed for …

Chinese man detected with worms in lungs after eating raw seafood
4 years, 8 months ago

Chinese man detected with worms in lungs after eating raw seafood

Op India  

A Chinese man named Wang was reported to have contracted paragonimiasis, a parasitic infection, in Suqian, Jiangsu province of China after his regular diet consisted of water snails, crayfish, and raw snake’s gallbladder. The Chinese man visited a respiratory doctor, Dr. Zhao Haiyan, after experiencing breathing difficulties, only to find that his lungs were infested with live snakes and worms. …

Coronavirus: Australia calls on G20 nations to close wet wildlife markets
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Australia calls on G20 nations to close wet wildlife markets

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Australia has called on G20 …

Australia calls for independent study of wet market risks in response to coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 8 months ago

Australia calls for independent study of wet market risks in response to coronavirus pandemic

ABC  

Australia has ratcheted up pressure on China to look into the health risks associated with wildlife wet markets as the world continues to battle the deadly spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Key points: The Government has called for a scientific investigation of wet markets Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says people need to know the food they eat is safe More …

China’s wet markets are not what some people think they are
4 years, 8 months ago

China’s wet markets are not what some people think they are

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — If you have ever been to a shopping area where butchers and grocers sell fresh produce straight from the farm, then you have been to something that would, in some parts of the world, be called a wet market. Speaking on April 3, the US’ top infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci, told Fox News that all …

Coronavirus: Australia slams WHO support for China wet markets
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Australia slams WHO support for China wet markets

Daily Mail  

Australia 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 …

Coronavirus: WHO urges China to close ‘dangerous’ wet market as stalls in Wuhan begin to reopen
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: WHO urges China to close ‘dangerous’ wet market as stalls in Wuhan begin to reopen

The Independent  

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COVID-19 | Wet markets important risk factor for disease spread: UN biodiversity chief
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 | Wet markets important risk factor for disease spread: UN biodiversity chief

The Hindu  

The wet markets, such as the Huanan Seafood Market in China’s virus-hit Wuhan city, are an important “risk factor” for disease spread, the UN biodiversity chief Elizabeth Maruma Mrema has said as she called for scaling up stricter controls on the sale and consumption of wild species globally. “Live animal markets are an important risk factor for disease spread as …

Australian PM Scott Morrison seeks a global response against China's wet markets
4 years, 9 months ago

Australian PM Scott Morrison seeks a global response against China's wet markets

Op India  

The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged the World Health Organisation and the United Nations to act against China’s wet markets. Generally, wet markets refer to the markets that sell fresh meat, fish, etc, but in China, these markets are known to sell the meat of wild animals, even smuggled endangered species from other nations, which are known sources of …

China Reopens Wet Markets Despite Ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

China Reopens Wet Markets Despite Ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic

ABP News  

MACAU, CHINA - JANUARY 28: Residents wearing face masks purchase seafood at a wet market on January 28, 2020 in Macau, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 4000 in mainland China Tuesday as health officials locked down the city of Wuhan last week in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like …

China reopens wet markets selling bats, dogs, cats
4 years, 9 months ago

China reopens wet markets selling bats, dogs, cats

Op India  

The notorious ‘wet markets’ of China, which are the epicentres of the Chinese Coronavirus from where the deadly pandemic was exported to the rest of the world, have reopened selling bats pangolins and dogs for human consumption, reports Times of India. Generally, wet markets refer to the markets that sale fresh meat, fish etc, but in China these markets are …

Commentary: No, China’s fresh food markets did not cause coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Commentary: No, China’s fresh food markets did not cause coronavirus

LA Times  

As some media outlets cover the coronavirus, journalists are mixing up wet markets and wildlife markets. Wet markets are a reserve of diversity in an age of consolidation and streamlining and a hedge against the supermarketization of China’s food. Although both supermarkets and wet markets in China often buy from the same wholesale suppliers, supermarkets generally bring in their vegetables …

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