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Suspend Sales of Live Wild Animals to Prevent Deadly Diseases

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have called for suspending sales of live wild mammals in traditional food markets (wet markets) to prevent the emergence of new deadly diseases such as Covid 19.

They pointed out that the sales ban of these animals can protect people’s health – both working there and those shopping there. The WHO published the interim guidance alongside the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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The UN organisations stated that animals, especially wild animals, are the source of more than 70 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases in humans. Novel viruses cause many of the diseases. They said that the wild animals sold in Wet Markets pose a higher risk as no mechanism is available to check if they carry dangerous viruses. These Wet markets where live animals are held slaughtered and dressed pose a risk for pathogen transmission.

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They noted that some of the earliest known cases of Covid 19 caused by the novel  SARS-CoV-2 were linked to a traditional food market in Wuhan. Most of the affected were stall owners, market employees or regular visitors, they added.

Apart from stopping the sales of wild animals, the interim guidelines also call for closing markets, or sections of markets. It said that markets should only re-open “only on condition that they meet required food safety, hygiene and environmental standards and comply with regulations.”

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