Covid 19 And Pets
Centers for disease control and prevention a few pets including cats and dogs also have been infected with the virus that causes covid 19.
Covid 19 and pets. Most of those pets showed no signs of illness at all and those that did only developed very mild symptoms. Coronavirus in dogs and cats according to the u s. Worldwide there have been over 16 million humans infected with covid 19 but only around 15 pets. Advice for people in england with animals advice for pet owners and livestock keepers on looking after the welfare of animals during the coronavirus covid 19 pandemic.
Fact check ghana has put together information on covid 19 and its implications on interacting with pets and animals in general as put forward by the centre for disease control cdc and the world health organization who. Given that we are in the midst of a covid 19 outbreak and animal based coronaviruses do exist people are naturally concerned that they could contract the disease from their pets and vice versa. Further evidence for how pets might contract covid 19 comes from a study by researchers at the harbin veterinary research institute in china published in the journal science on april 8.