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China banned the trading and transportation of wild animals, isolating breeding facilities from today to deal with Wuhan pneumonia.
"Farming, transporting or trading wildlife is completely banned from January 26 until the end of the pneumonia epidemic," according to a joint statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Forestry and supervisory authorities. close to the Chinese market. Markets, supermarkets, restaurants, businesses and e-commerce sites are prohibited from trading wildlife in any form.
Medical workers wear white protective gear at a hospital in Wuhan city on January 26 Photo: AFP
The Chinese authorities also demand the isolation of wildlife breeding facilities, and warn "consumers should fully understand the health risks of eating wildlife, avoiding wild activities." and should eat healthy ".
The outbreak of pneumonia caused by the nCoV virus is thought to have emerged from a wildlife market in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, then spread to at least 30 localities in China. More than 2,000 people were infected and 56 were killed.
Wuhan government issued an order to blockade the city on January 23, restricting circulation in the city center to prevent the spread of the disease. Many localities in Hubei Province then issued similar measures, with 56 million people affected.
Countries that found patients positive for nCoV virus include Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, France, Japan, South Korea, the US, Vietnam and Nepal. Canadian authorities announced a patient with suspected acute pneumonia after returning from Wuhan.
French car maker PSA is evacuating 38 employees and their families out of Wuhan. They will be isolated in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, before returning home. He is searching for 2,000 people from Wuhan to the country after an outbreak of pneumonia.
Health experts have repeatedly warned that wildlife trade and consumption is at risk of causing illness to humans. Acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by the SARS-CoV virus outbreak in Hong Kong in 2002-2003 caused hundreds of deaths likely to originate from bats, then spread to civets and spread to humans.
