Asian Insider Podcast: Wildlife and the virus - the Wuhan wake-up call
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on January 20 it believed an animal source was the "primary source" of the outbreak, and authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan identified a seafood market in their city as the centre of the epidemic, but China has since confirmed that there was evidence the virus is now passing from person to person, without any contact with the now-closed market.
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15:06 mins
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The Wuhan Virus is not the first to jump from wildlife to humans. This is always a worry for those working in public health and aiming to end the wildlife and exotic pet trade.
The Straits Times US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh speaks to zoonotic disease expert Dr Peter Daszak and wildlife crime expert Justin Gosling.
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