The #HuananSeafoodMarket, which offers an apalling variety of live and freshly slaughtered animals, is suspected to be the pandemic’s Ground Zero. According to genetic analyses, bats are the original hosts of the virus, but animals from the wildlife market may have transmitted them to humans.

In addition to seafood, the meat of 30 terrestrial animal species is available there, including #pangolins, #civets, #squirrels, #pheasants, #scorpions, #snakes and a variety of #rats.

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