<span style="color: #222222;">The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that although a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan selling live animals likely played a significant role in the emergence of the Novel Corona virus, it does not recommend that such markets to be closed globally.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a press briefing yesterday, WHO Food Safety and Animal Diseases Expert Peter Ben Embarek said, live animal markets are critical to providing food and livelihoods for millions of people globally. He said, authorities should focus on improving such markets rather than outlawing them – even though they can sometimes spark epidemics in humans.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Embarek said, investigations are continuing in China to pinpoint the animal source from which COVID-19 jumped into humans. He said, it might take considerable time to identify the original animal source for the Novel Corona virus, explaining that extensive studies need to occur first. China is yet to invite WHO or other external experts to be part of that investigation. </span><br />''  <br />