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The Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market (Chinese: 武汉华南海鲜批发市场), [1] [2] also known as the Huanan Seafood Market [3] (Huanan means 'South China') or simply the Wuhan Wet Market [4], was a live animal and seafood market in Jianghan District, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, in Central China. The market opened on 19 June ...
A new analysis of genetic material gathered from a live-animal market in Wuhan in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic strengthens the case that the outbreak originated there when the ...
Researchers think coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes originated in a huge market in Wuhan, China, where vendors sold live and slaughtered wildlife along with processed meat, seafood ...
The Chinese government subsequently announced a temporary ban on the sale of wild animal products at wet markets on 26 January 2020, [23] [24] [9] [10] and then a permanent ban in February 2020 with an exception for traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, [24] [25] By 22 March 2020, at least 94% of the temporarily closed wet markets in China ...
New analysis of samples from Wuhan animal market supports its role as a central site of early spread of Covid-19 Brenda Goodman, CNN September 19, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Not all wet markets sell live animals, [17] but the term wet market is sometimes used to signify a live animal market in which vendors slaughter animals upon customer purchase, [21] such as is done with poultry in Hong Kong. [22] Wet markets are common in many parts of the world, [26] notably in China, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.
The scientists suspect infected animals were first brought to the Wuhan market in late November 2019, which then triggered the pandemic. Michael Worobey, one of the new study’s authors, said they found which sub-populations of animals might have spread the coronavirus, which may help researchers identify COVID-19’s natural reservoir.
The World Health Organization said that although a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan selling live animals likely played a significant role in the emergence of the new coronavirus, it does not ...