Nairobi, March 30 -- In a span of less than three months, coronavirus disease Covid-19, whose origins have been traced to a live animal market in Wuhan, China, has killed tens of thousands of people and counting globally with over 445,000 infected.
The viral infection, which is believed to have been transmitted from wildlife to humans, has resulted in disruption of life as we know it and is literally bringing the world to a standstill.
There are fears that this global pandemic will have far-reaching socioeconomic consequences for many months, even years.
Wildlife markets are often in less-than-stellar conditions. The animals are often kept in small cages, which make it difficult for the larger ones to comfortably move around.
The cages ...