• A coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed 26 people and infected more than 900.
• The Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan is thought to be the starting point for the virus outbreak. It was shuttered on January 1.
• At wet markets, meat is sold alongside live animals like dogs, hares, and civets.
• On Wednesday, Wuhan authorities banned the trade of live animals at wet markets.
• Here’s what the markets look like.
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The coronavirus spreading in China and the SARS outbreak of 2003 have two things in common: Both are from the coronavirus family, and both started in wet markets.

At such markets, outdoor stalls are squeezed together to form narrow lanes, where locals and visitors shop for cuts…