The SARS virus, which killed 800 people worldwide, is believed to have originated in bats before spreading to civets in a wildlife market in China, and ultimately infecting people in 2002. China ordered the closure of all its wildlife markets after the Wuhan outbreak in December. Now Indonesia’s Tomohon market is one of the region’s largest to sell wildlife for food. She said the ministry had encouraged local officials to close them. “There will be a public outcry if they shut down the wildlife market totally.”©2020 The New York Times Company

Source: bd News24 May 13, 2020 18:56 UTC