COVID-19 update: China’s wet markets open again as many countries face lockdown

China : As China stumbles back to normalcy, the wet markets in China have also opened again amid coronavirus pandemic.

According to various reports, different kinds of animals are back on sale counters with security personnel outside who are preventing people from taking pictures of the markets.

“A smorgasbord of dogs being boiled alive, bats served on sticks like lollipops, kittens slaughtered, rats fried and giant snakes carved up for human consumption, with the blood splattering everywhere,” according to a news report here. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/chinas-cruel-wet-markets-that-caused-coronavirus-and-brought-the-world-to-its-knees-should-be-banned/news-story/e92d62f2188361bec9079f105eb37699

It is important to note that, a 57-year-old woman who worked as a shrimp seller from Wuhan seafood market has been identified as ‘Patient Zero’ as she was one of the first few people who was infected with coronavirus which has left thousands dead all over the world. It was on December 10 when Wei Guixian who used to work at the Huanan Seafood Market developed some initial symptoms. She got a cold.

She went to the local clinic and was given an injection. That did not do much for her. The symptoms persisted. The feeling of lethargy refused to subside. Then she visited the Wuhan Union Hospital where the doctors told her that her sickness was “ruthless” and that a few people from the market had shown similar symptoms.

She was then quarantined. Wei thinks she got the condition from a toilet she shared with other meat sellers.

The pandemic started from Wuhan in China and has spread throughout the world.

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