The Beatles star and animal rights activist, Sir Paul McCartney, 77, has blamed Chinese wet markets for the outbreak of the coronavirus and is calling for them to be banned.
Although the source of COVID-19 is still to be confirmed, the singer-songwriter said "it's affecting the whole world" as he compared the situation to SARS and Avian flu.The singer told US radio host Howard Stern that he hopes the Chinese government will take action as they "need to clean up their act".Paul said: "I really hope that this will mean the Chinese government says, ‘OK guys, we have really got to get super hygienic around here.’"Let’s face it, it is a little bit medieval eating bats.”Howard then responded to Paul's statement: "They will not close down these.
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