Your dogs and cats are probably just fine, experts say.
You may have heard back in February that a dog in Hong Kong tested “weakly” positive for novel coronavirus, per
. But many experts think the dog was only superficially contaminated, meaning the highly-sensitive tests picked up low levels of the virus in the animal—not enough to warrant the diagnosis of an active COVID-19 infection like those in people.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains that there is “no reason” to think that any animals or pets could be sources of new COVID-19 infections.
The CDC also confirmed they have not received any reports of pets or other animals becoming sick with COVID-19., a professor of clinical microbiology and head of diagnostic services in the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
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