GENEVA — International agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), urged countries on Tuesday to suspend the sale of live wild mammals in food markets, warning they may be the source of more than 70% of emerging infectious diseases in humans.
The guidance, aimed at ensuring the global food system is safe and sustainable, follows a WHO-led mission to Wuhan, China, to investigate the origin of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
“This + [plus] other recommendations will contribute to < the risk of emerging #zoonoses,” Peter Ben Embarek, the WHO official who led the January-February mission, said in a tweet.
The WHO, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),…
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