Mysuru/Mysore: The latest coronavirus (now renamed as COVID-19) spreading in China and the SARS outbreak of 2003 have two things in common: Both are from the coronavirus family and both started in wet (meat and fish) markets in China. At such markets, outdoor stalls are squeezed together to forming narrow lanes, where locals and visitors shop for cuts of meat and fish.
Following reports from China’s Wuhan, the deadly ground zero from where the coronavirus has spread, pointing to the seafood market as a possible source, the Mysuru District Administration and Zilla Panchayat have directed all the meat, fish and seafood markets to maintain hygiene with regular cleaning of premises. Unhygienic shops will be closed.
