Report: Chinese wet markets selling bats again, after victory over coronavirus

Chinese wet markets, one of which in Wuhan is said to be the Ground Zero of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, are back in action. The United Kingdom-based Daily Mail reported from one the markets which re-opened in the southern city of Guilin, hours after the Chinese government declared victory of the coronavirus on March 28. The markets, selling exotic animals for meat consumption, re-opened across China on the same



day.

The British journalists have recorded seeing even bats being sold in these markets. Significantly, the outbreak of the coronavirus is attributed to SARS-COV2 virus, which is known to reside in horseshoe bats.

The Daily Mail journalists reported that they witnessed thousands of shoppers, apparently undisturbed by the recent coronavirus outbreak, flocking to the market in at least two Chinese cities, including Guilin and Dongguan.