WHO was notified of seafood market link

On 11 and 12 January 2020, the WHO stated in their Situation Report 1 that they “received further detailed information from the National Health Commission China that the outbreak is associated with exposures in one seafood market in Wuhan City”

“22% of patients had direct exposure to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market before illness onset”

“Despite extensive searching, no animal from the market has thus far been identified as a possible source of infection.”