Everyone now knows where COVID-19 started : the wet market in Wuhan, China. This place sells wild animals. The virus travelled from animal to human. Well, on February 5th, 2020, SCMP reported that “bats, snakes, dogs, monkeys and other ‘delicacies’ are still being sold every day at the Tomohon Extreme Market in North Sulawesi, Indonesia”.
“Bats, snakes, dogs, monkeys and other ‘delicacies’ are still being sold every day at the Tomohon Extreme Market in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, despite warnings from experts that doing so could make it a breeding ground for the virus”, explains journalist Amy Chew.
“Some local residents eat these bats every day, some eat them once a week,” said Royke Rarumangkay, a North Sulawesi-based journalist for CNN Indonesia.
The locals in Indonesia frequently eat bats, monkeys and snakes. According to the article, “people who frequently ate Yaki monkeys often developed tuberculosis and hepatitis.”
