Wuhan's Wet Markets Are Open Again But Buyers Are Staying Away
China has lifted the lockdown, even from Wuhan, which is the place of origin of the COVID-19 outbreak that's currently plaguing the world. Since the lockdown was lifted in China, thousands of people came out to enjoy tourists spots, shopaholics saturated their desires to shop and the wet markets also reopened. According to reports, over 90% of the stalls in Wuhan¡¯s biggest wet market have resumed business after the coronavirus lockdown was lifted...Read More
China has lifted the lockdown, even from Wuhan, which is the place of origin of the COVID-19 outbreak that's currently plaguing the world. Since the lockdown was lifted in China, thousands of people came out to enjoy tourists spots, shopaholics saturated their desires to shop and the wet markets also reopened. According to reports, over 90% of the stalls in Wuhan¡¯s biggest wet market have resumed business after the coronavirus lockdown was lifted. At a large food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, signs forbid the selling of wild animals and live fowl, while announcements calling for "victory" over COVID-19 play on a loop from speakers. But business is down and it's tough times for the sellers.
Barriers at the closed Huanan Seafood Market where the COVID-19 coronavirus is believed to have emer... Read More
A vender wearing a face mask sits next to a pool of fish at the Wuhan Baishazhou Market in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.
China's "wet" markets have gained a bad international reputation as the coronavirus roiling the worl... Read More
China's "wet" markets have gained a bad international reputation as the coronavirus roiling the world is believed to have been born in stalls selling live game in Wuhan late last year.
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Eels for sale at a shop at the Baishazhou Market in Wuhan.?At a large food market in the Chinese cit... Read More
Eels for sale at a shop at the Baishazhou Market in Wuhan.?At a large food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, signs forbid the selling of wild animals and live fowl.
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A woman wearing a face mask as she offers prawns for sale. The Chinese government has since banned the sale of wildlife for food, but the reopening of markets has drawn criticism from around the world as the death toll from the pandemic continues to mount.
Prawns for sale at a shop in the Wuhan wet market.?The city's markets are now fighting for survival ... Read More
Prawns for sale at a shop in the Wuhan wet market.?The city's markets are now fighting for survival as customers have not been rushing back.
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"There's no question, we're doomed this year," spice seller Yang, who runs a stall at the massive Baishazhou wholesale market, told AFP.
"There have never been so few people at our market." Yang, whose sales have fallen by a third from before the lockdown, dismissed criticism of markets as virus hotbeds as "unnecessary panic".
Fish for sale at Baishazhou Market in Wuhan.?During visits to three Wuhan markets this week, AFP saw live turtles, frogs, fish and crustaceans for sale, but no fowl or mammals blamed for past diseases.
A worker pulling a basket as he unloads fish from a truck at the Baishazhou Market in Wuhan.
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