Article by [author-name] (c) South China Morning Post - Read full story here.
Why wild animals are a key ingredient in China’s coronavirus outbreak
Before its closure, exotic animals – from snakes to civet cats – were available at a wet market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that is ground zero of a new virus killing people with pneumonia-like symptoms and infecting growing numbers of others around the world.According to state broadcaster CCTV, as of 8pm Wednesday, the previously unknown coronavirus had killed 17 people and infected 444 others.Most of the infections are in Hubei province where Wuhan is located, including 375 in the…