A cauldron of contagion - why the ban on wildlife markets should be permanent

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A cauldron of contagion - why the ban on wildlife markets should be permanent

15 mins·14:30, 31 Jan 2020

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The Daily Digest

A cauldron of contagion - why the ban on wildlife markets should be permanent

15 mins

14:30, 31 Jan 2020

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The spread of a deadly strain of coronavirus, sourced to a wildlife market in Wuhan and now a global health emergency, has put China’s live wild animal trade into the limelight. On January 26th, China announced a ban on its wild animal trade until the crisis is over. Should this become a permanent ban, not just in China but across the world?

Presenter: Juliet Jacobs, Lim Sue Ann, Sharmilla Ganesan

Producer: Juliet Jacobs

The Bigger Picture, The Daily Digest, COVID-19, 2019nCoV, novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, Wuhan coronavirus, The Huanan Seafood Market, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, zoonotic diseases, wildlife markets, bats, wildlife trade