A wild animal market in Vietnam selling herons, reptiles, otters and rodents has sparked fears new diseases could be unleashed following the coronavirus outbreak from China.
The animals sold at Thanh Hoa Bird Market - one of the country's largest wildlife markets - are slaughtered and cooked alive for customers from the 50 stalls stretched along a roadside outside Ho Chi Minh City.
Flies can be seen hovering over the produce as waste drips into drains. It is barely 11 weeks since coronavirus is thought to have originated at a similar market in Wuhan, China.
Animal charities warn the trade could spark a new virus and called for an immediate global ban on wild animal markets. But at Thanh Hoa – and hundreds of other similar markets across
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