transparent in its data-sharing. there exist further data from further samples which have not yet been made public. maria van kerkhove, the who’s covid-19 technical lead, called for it to be made public immediately. responses closure on 1 january 2020, in response to the initial outbreak of the pneumonia cluster, the health authorities closed the market to conduct investigations, clean, and disinfect the location. ban on wild animal trade chinese environmentalists, researchers, and state media have called for stricter regulation of exotic animal trade in wet markets. several chinese scientists have called for bans on wildlife trade since 2003. on 22 january 2020, a ban on the sale of all wild animal products in wuhan was announced. in may 2020, the city banned eating wild animals and limited hunting and breeding of wild animals. on 24 february 2020, the chinese government announced that the trade and consumption of wild animals would be banned throughout china, amidst mounting domestic criticism of the industry. however, the ban does not cover the consumption of wild animal products in traditional chinese medicine, according to the new york times.