Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “UN report: 75 percent of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic” – below is their description.
A United Nations report suggests 75 percent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, which means illnesses that jumped from animals to humans. Most of them come from the tropics, where meat from wild animals is widely consumed.
Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from a wet market where wild meat is sold in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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