'Wet markets' likely launched the coronavirus. Here's what you need to know.

Wet markets, like this one in Macau, are found throughout Asia and sell fresh vegetables, fruit, seafood, and meat. Although most wet markets don’t sell wildlife, the terms “wet market” and “wildlife market” are often conflated. PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTHONY KWAN, GETTY
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Most of the earliest COVID-19 cases trace back to one of these sites, but what are they and what do they sell?...Until earlier this year year, most people had never heard of the term “wet market,” but the coronavirus pandemic has thrust it into the limelight. A wet market in Wuhan, China, called the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, is believed to be the source of COVID-19.

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