Many countries in Asia are taking strict measures to ban wildlife trade in the wake of Covid-19 that is believed to have started at a wildlife market in Wuhan, China. Although it's uncertain which animal transferred the virus, snakes, bats and pangolins have been suspected. China has declared eating wild animals illegal.
A study published in March by an international group of scientists and researchers who focused on identifying coronaviruses in the Malaysianpangolins, suggests that pangolins could be responsible for the COVID-19.The study has proven that the species which is the most trafficked mammal in the world harbours some strains of the coronavirus. The researchers'genetic analysis on a sample of pangolinsunderlines 6 strains of coronavirusthat belong to the same group as SARS Cov-2.
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