Animals at the markets are still being sold in live animal markets in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Laos, and Sri Lanka. Investigators at a wet market on the island discovered bats and rats still being sold, alongside pigs, dogs, snakes, frogs, chickens and ducks. A wet market in Wuhan, China, where the Covid-19 outbreak began has long been blamed as a leading potential original source of the pandemic. Species sold at wet markets include bats, which are known to host coronaviruses, as well as suspected carriers of the viruses - pangolins and palm civets. “Many wet markets continue to operate throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the US.

Source: Daily Mirror July 22, 2021 13:28 UTC