Coronavirus outbreak: Demand for wildlife trade ban grows

A common link exists between the current novel coronavirus outbreak and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic of 2003 – the wildlife trade. 

While the animal spreading the new strain of coronavirus remains unknown, the number of cases has surpassed the 5,327 infected during the SARS epidemic spread by palm civets that killed 775. 

This coronavirus has so far infected more than 9,000 people in China and more than 100 abroad, leading the World Health Organization to declare it a global health emergency on Friday.

One of the many animals, including wild game, on sale at Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, is likely to be the source of the new infection.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Demand for wildlife trade ban grows