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9.26am BST
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a halt to the sale of live wild mammals in food markets to prevent the emergence of new diseases.
The WHO said that while traditional markets play a central role in providing food and livelihoods for large populations, banning the sale of live wild mammals could protect the health of market workers and shoppers alike.
9.23am BST
Just a very quick snap from Reuters here that Austrian health minister Rudolf Anschober of the Greens, the junior partner in the country’s conservative-led coalition, said on Tuesday he is stepping down as he is overworked because of the Covid-19 pandemic and his health has suffered.
“I do not want to break myself,” Anschober, 60, said in a short-notice statement to the media, adding that he has recently been suffering from blood-pressure problems and exhaustion.
