The WHO Expert Group in Wuhan started its third day trip today (March 31) to investigate the South China seafood wholesale market, which was the first outbreak of the epidemic Daszak said on the social networking site that visiting the South China seafood market is very important and useful for the expert group to understand the epidemiology of the virus, and that when walking through the market, they feel that this place is very important to the residents.

The expert group also visited Baishazhou market in the morning. According to the report, Baishazhou market is the largest wet market in the area and served as a food distribution center during the more than two months of Wuhan’s closure.