The World Health Organization called on the authorities of all countries to take measures to limit trade in markets wild mammals due to the risk of distribution of infectious diseases, in particular, COVID-19.
“WHO, as well as the World Animal Health Organization and the United Nations Environmental Program as an emergency summary of national competent authorities … Stop trade alive caught wild mammals in order to food or breeding and closing the relevant departments in food markets” , “Publication of WHO, Interfax reports.
The document indicates that the authorities of the state should consider the possibility of immediate adoption of recommended measures. It is noted that such measures should act, “the effective rules will not be adopted and adequate risk assessment will be carried out.”
WHO recalls that zoonotic origins have many infectious diseases, in particular, Lasse fever, the marburg virus, viral infection of the Nipachs. As for the coronaviruses, the virus has been associated with animal origin, which led to an atypical pneumonia epidemic in 2003 (SARS-COV), as well as coronavirus associated with Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (Mers).
In the organization noted that, although the origin of COVID-19 coronavirus was not finally determined, such interactions could occur in which the transmission of coronavirus between several species took place.