Wuhan seafood market may not be the only source of coronavirus: expert

Huang Chaolin, vice director of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, revealed in a recent interview with business magazine Caixin that there might be multiple places where the virus was first transmitted to humans.

The first patient, who was admitted to Huang's hospital on Dec. 1,2019, had no direct exposure to Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which was previously considered as the source of the epidemic, and his family had no fever or respiratory symptoms, according to the paper. "Judging from the whole situation, the seafood market may not be the only source. might be multi-source," Huang said.The Huanan seafood market is located in the downtown area of the city's Jianghan District, less than one kilometer away from Hankou railway station. Besides seafood, poultry and game meat were also sold in the market before it was shut down on Jan. 1.

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