BANGKOK -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to shut down markets that sell wild animals for food, like the one in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the new coronavirus is thought to have originated.
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Southeast Asia's wildlife markets need to close, US says
Pompeo warns of link to diseases, echoing push by Australia to G-20
A wet market in Vientiane: The coronavirus pandemic has sparked fresh criticism of exotic eating habits. (Photo by Marimi Kishimoto)
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