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

China Reopens Wet Markets Despite Ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic

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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 disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. New Delhi: Even though the world is still grappling with the coronavirus pandemic and many countries are facing an acute shortage of adequate medical supplies, China has reopened its wet markets that is the origin of the deadly coronavirus. The wet markets sell not just fresh meat and fish but also animals such as pangolins, bats, snakes, and dogs for human consumption. Recent research suggests that the current strain of coronavirus seems to have emerged from wet markets are places that sell fresh meat, fish and produce and other perishable items.

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