Pets And Covid Cnn

Panic began among pet owners this week when a 17 year old pomeranian in china tested weakly positive for the coronavirus during quarantine and then died three days after returning home.

Pets and covid cnn. A veterinarian tests an egyptian cat for the coronavirus a requirement for travel at a clinic in cairo egypt on march 29. Hong kong cnn they re your furry best friend and a fixture of your home but could your beloved cat or dog give you coronavirus. Facebook twitter email cnn in. There isn t a single case of a pet dog or cat infecting a human with covid 19 dr angel almendros from city university in hong kong told bbc news.

Cnn pets might not infect people with coronavirus but pet owners need to protect cats dogs and other companion animals the us food and drug administration cautioned in a new youtube video. Christina maxouris cnn published 7th july 2020. Layla the dog waits to be taken to a new foster home at the animal rescue of new orleans in march as uncertainty around coronavirus leads to fewer people adopting animals. Dog with covid 19 has died july 31 2020 buddy a 7 year old german shepherd that was the first dog to test positive for the coronavirus in the united states has died after being.

Covid 19 kept them separated from their pets for months. Pets can catch other known coronaviruses and while the infections can become severe neither has been shown to spread to. So they ve chartered a plane to bring them home. Last friday hong kong s agriculture fisheries and conservation.

However pet owners don t need to panic just yet as cnn reported last week.