WHO CALLS FOR HALT THE SALE OF WILD MAMMALS

NEWS:

            WHO along with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have released fresh guidelines for the COVID-19.

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Guidelines: 

• The World Health Organization asked for a halt on the sale of live wild mammals in food markets in order to prevent the emergence of new diseases such as COVID-19. 

• These markets play an important role in providing food and livelihoods for a large number of the population, thus ban can protect the health of market workers and customers.

• Animals, especially the wild animals, are responsible for more than 70% of all the new emerging infectious diseases in humans, many of which are known to be caused by novel viruses. 

• For example, even some of the earliest known cases of COVID-19 had links to a wholesale food market in Wuhan, with many patients being the stall owners.