At present, from the evidence of epidemiologic investigations, there is no obvious link between pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus and seafood. One theory currently circulating is that there is a link with seafood, mainly due to the fact that in late 2019, several cases of patients infected with novel coronavirus pneumonia were found from the South China Seafood Market in Wuhan. However, the market did not mainly sell seafood, and through investigation it was found that wild animals such as bats, bamboo rats, civets and pangolins were sold. This evidence suggests that novel coronavirus pneumonia is not transmitted through seafood. The available evidence suggests that bats are the most likely wildlife to transmit the virus, but there is no direct causal link to confirm that bats are transmitted to humans through the respiratory tract or other modes of transmission. This is because bats are consumed by populations in many other areas, including many countries, but no evidence has been found that bats have directly transmitted the virus to humans. So at this point the evidence of transmission from bats and seafood is all speculative and has not been confirmed by a causal link. Content source: Dr. Yurai