Wet markets in China's Wuhan struggle to survive coronavirus blow COVID19
Merchants selling fish and vegetables at Wuhan's wet markets are reopening their stalls as the city's lockdown lifts but the future looks uncertain as few customers are coming out to buy and the stigma of the coronavirus remains strong.
That has put China's wet markets, a key facet of the country's daily life, under heavy scrutiny even though only a small number sell wildlife. Some U.S. officials have called for them and others across Asia, to be closed."This is a person to person virus no matter where you are," said Jin Qinzhi, a vegetable seller at a local wet market. "Even in the supermarket it is full of people. Here people are more scattered.
"There is no business and no one is coming," said a worker who only gave her surname as Zhang as she chopped fish. "Everywhere is blocked and people cannot come in. Everyone is scared to go out and contract the virus." Officials in Wuhan said on Friday the city will spend 200 million yuan to upgrade the city's 425 farmers' markets, as part of a campaign to improve hygiene. But still some worry they may not stay around long enough to see it.
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