While the whole world is still struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, China has reopened its wet markets that are the origin of the deadly coronavirus. There is a total of more than 856,900 confirmed cases and 41,998 deaths worldwide due to COVID-19. The total 188,172 number of cases have been verified from the United States, which is the maximum number of cases of COVID-19. China, where the coronavirus emerged, has managed to bring its outbreak under control, still, on Wednesday, health authorities reported on asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus.
Despite ongoing coronavirus pandemic all over the world, China reopens its wet market selling bats, pangolins and dogs. Reopening of the market can be really unsafe and dangerous as it was believed that the COVID-19 causing coronavirus first found in a bat in China then hopped to another animal, before getting passed on to humans.
What is a wet market?
The wet market is a famous market in China where people sell fresh vegetables, live fish, chickens, and other animal meats. The melting of ice used to preserve supplies and the washing of floors to clean animal’s blood and entrails was the reason behind the name wet market. The deadly virus, which spread all over the world called COVID-19, put a focus on the system’s poorly regulated wild animal trade and exotic animal delicacies.
After thousands of people were quickly infected by the virus, the responsible authorities stated that it appeared to have emerged from illegally traded wildlife in a seafood market in a Wuhan seafood market. Earlier the market was completely shut down, and representative authorities stated that they would ban illegal wildlife trade and tighten regulation of wet markets.
After partially controlling the frightful impact of the COVID-19 outbreak China has again opened its ‘wet market, the market where bats, pangolins, dogs, different insects, are sold for human consumption. The markets at present are operating in exactly the same way as they did before the dangerous coronavirus.
According to reports by CNN, various studies have suggested that wet markets and the consumption of bats are a “time bomb” for a coronavirus outbreak. The Chinese correspond who gave an insight into the ongoing situation in China was answered back by a Washington Examiner, who quoted that- “Everyone here believes the outbreak is over and there’s nothing to worry about anymore. It’s just a foreign problem now as far as they are concerned.”
Even though various health experts, scientists and animal rights protesters have called for a ban on China’s wet markets, we see no change in the system and authorities running the business.