Nigeria's wet markets thrive despite coronavirus pandemic

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Just a few months after Epe Fish Market was under lockdown to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, vendors at the site in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos are back buying, selling and trading animals.

Curled up pangolins and a snake are displayed on a table of a wildlife seller Kunle Yusaf, as he holds up a pangolin in Lagos, Nigeria July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Seun Sanni

Experts say COVID-19, which has killed around 1,000 people in Nigeria, jumped from animals to humans, possibly at a wet market in China. But few in Epe were worried. University of Cambridge epidemiologist Dr Olivier Restif called for more education around safe animal trade and hygiene.

 

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dondekojo Una dey ment’ for this thread?

NaijaFlyingDr Gush

But no one knowss for sure wet markets are the source.

No doubt GOD save such miserable communities.

This is ridiculous, the meat we consume was wild at one time. Most Americans have never seen a slaughter house, have never killed a chicken, slaughter a goat, lamb, rabbit and eat their meat. There's not much difference between a weat market and the weekly open markets.

If this is true then it’s too bad that we’re in the news but never for the good reasons.

People used to eat wild meats as they cannot afford farmed poultry or other meats. However, some continued to eat wild meats as a local delicacy. Take for example, Americans in Guam have been eating bats for hundreds of years, even till now. Very hard to eradicate such habits.

This is so nasty jooo......nigerians😭😭

They also eat snakes? 😵 🤢

This is disgusting, they eat dogs and cats!!!!! 😡

NaijaFlyingDr Disgusting and sickening to watch

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