Рынки живых животных должны быть улучшены, а не вне закона, говорят ВОЗ

(LONDON) — The World Health Organization acknowledged Friday that even though a market in the Chinese language city of Wuhan promoting are living animals doubtless played a serious characteristic in the emergence of the original coronavirus, it doesn’t advocate that such markets be shut down globally.

In a press briefing, WHO food security and animal illnesses knowledgeable Peter Ben Embarek acknowledged are living animal markets are severe to providing food and livelihoods for millions of folks globally and that authorities might maybe fair mute concentrate on bettering them in desire to outlawing them — even though they’ll veritably spark epidemics in folks.

“Meals security in these environments is somewhat advanced and therefore it’s now not beautiful that veritably we additionally agree with these events happening within markets,” Ben Embarek acknowledged.

He acknowledged reducing the chance of illness transmission from animals to folks in these in general overcrowded markets is perchance addressed in many circumstances by bettering hygiene and food security requirements, along side keeping aside are living animals from folks. He added that it’s mute unclear whether or now not the market in Wuhan linked to the first several dozens of coronavirus circumstances in China modified into the precise supply of the virus or merely played a characteristic in spreading the illness extra.

Ben Embarek acknowledged investigations are continuing in China to pinpoint the animal supply from which COVID-19 jumped into folks nonetheless that be taught agree with since learned diversified species are at chance of the illness, along side cats, tigers, ferrets and canines. Figuring out diversified prone species will enable determined interventions to be place in plan to forestall future outbreaks. “We don’t wish to maintain a brand original reservoir in animals that might maybe maybe proceed to maintain infections in folks,” he acknowledged.

Ben Embarek acknowledged it will also retract appreciable time to title the usual animal supply for the original coronavirus, explaining that extensive be taught must happen first, fascinating effectively being officers fastidiously interviewing heaps of those contaminated in the early phases of the outbreak, to narrow down what their interactions with animals had been before they fell ill. Scientists would then must retract samples from animals to procure a shut match to the coronavirus circulating in folks.

To this point, China has now not invited WHO or diversified external specialists to be share of that investigation. Ben Embarek acknowledged China doubtless has the predominant expertise to behavior such be taught and WHO has now not renowned any considerations in China’s willingness to collaborate with others.

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