YouTuber and Thai teacher Phonchanok Srisunaklua went viral after she posted a video of herself eating bat soup.
The video received heavy criticism in the comments section due to the widespread epidemic, which many believe came from bats.
The woman has now been arrested. She faces up to five years in prison. Writes Telegraph.
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In the video, a YouTuber is seen tearing up bats and dipping them in soup.
She describes the taste as “delicious.”
One person warned Srisunakloa that she would be cursed if she started an outbreak again.
The reason is that the bats were bought from a market near the border with Laos in northern Thailand.
Bats in this area are known to have the same type of virus as the coronavirus, according to The Telegraph.
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In the wake of the criticism, the YouTube user deleted the video from his channel.
However, she has posted a new video on Facebook where she apologizes for the incident and assures that it will never happen again.
Although the source of infection with the Covid-19 virus has not been determined, a number of researchers believe that it is almost certainly the source of infection from bats.
We know that viruses can be transmitted from animals to humans, and this is what drives epidemics and epidemics. We need to do everything we can to physically distance ourselves from wildlife,” virologist Eddie Holmes told The Telegraph.