Nigeria’s wet markets thrive despite coronavirus pandemic

August 20, 2020 – Lagos, Nigeria, Africa - Just a few months after Epe Fish Market was under lockdown to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, vendors at the site in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos are back buying, selling and trading animals. Wet markets in Nigeria, a key hub for global trade in exotic animals and bushmeat, are bustling even though experts believe a similar one in China played a role in the pandemic.