Reporter : Chen Huichen
Publisher : Lianhe Zaobao
Ref : https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/world/story20200328-1040933
Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Belgian health authorities remind pet owners to pay attention to hygiene, avoid close contact with pets, remember to wash hands and do not let pets lick their faces. (Reuters)
Researchers at the Liege Veterinary Institute in Belgium have found that a pet cat was infected with COVID-19 (covid, in short) by its owner.
AFP reported that Andre, a Belgian government doctor, said that close contact between animals and people diagnosed with covid may be infected, but he stressed that this was an "isolated case."
He said there was no evidence that the animals in the home would pass the virus to the owner or other pets.
Earlier, Hong Kong tested 17 dogs and 8 cats who lived with those infected with covid, and two of them tested positive.
Andre strongly recommends that pet owners pay attention to hygiene when contacting pets, "Avoid close contact with pets ... wash hands after contacting pets, and do not let animals lick your face."
Publisher : Lianhe Zaobao
Ref : https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/world/story20200328-1040933
Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Belgian health authorities remind pet owners to pay attention to hygiene, avoid close contact with pets, remember to wash hands and do not let pets lick their faces. (Reuters)
Researchers at the Liege Veterinary Institute in Belgium have found that a pet cat was infected with COVID-19 (covid, in short) by its owner.
AFP reported that Andre, a Belgian government doctor, said that close contact between animals and people diagnosed with covid may be infected, but he stressed that this was an "isolated case."
He said there was no evidence that the animals in the home would pass the virus to the owner or other pets.
Earlier, Hong Kong tested 17 dogs and 8 cats who lived with those infected with covid, and two of them tested positive.
Andre strongly recommends that pet owners pay attention to hygiene when contacting pets, "Avoid close contact with pets ... wash hands after contacting pets, and do not let animals lick your face."
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