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To Prevent Next Coronavirus, Stop the Wildlife Trade, Conservationists Say

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New York Times

Publication Date
2020-02-19

The coronavirus spreading from China has sickened at least 73,000 people and killed at least 2,000, setting in motion a global health emergency. But humans aren’t the only species infected. Coronaviruses attack a variety of birds and mammals. The new virus seems to have leapt from wildlife to humans in a seafood and meat market in Wuhan, China, where live animals were slaughtered and sold as food.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/health/coronavirus-animals-markets.html