The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market (Chinese: 武汉华南海鲜批发市场),[1][2] also known as the Huanan Seafood Market,[3] is a live animal and seafood market in Jianghan District, Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The market gained media attention after the World Health Organization was notified on 31 December 2019 of an outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan. Of the initial 41 people hospitalised with the pneumonia, that had been identified as having laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection by 2 January 2020, two-thirds had been exposed to the market.