A dog tests “weak positive” for Covid-19 — Hong Kong Government
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said on Friday that a pet dog belonging to a person with the coronavirus has tested “weak positive” for Covid-19.
The AFCD said it received a referral from the Health Department on Wednesday about the animal, and picked it up from a Tai Hang flat and sent it to a facility at the Hong Kong Port of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. It said the dog was tested and nasal and oral cavity samples tested weak positive for the coronavirus.
“The dog does not have any relevant symptoms,” the AFCD said.
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Amir Tsarfati
@BeholdIsrael
BREAKING - #Italy locks down the hospital Schiavonia in #Padua amid the #COVID19 outbreak. The 300 patients, 150 doctors, and nurses are quarantined and are not allowed to leave the hospital until they have been tested for the #coronavirus.
Poor dog probably was put down when all that happened was a test area from his fur tested positive for being petted by his owner.
If this is so, then it just jumped species. I doubt it today but ask again tomorrow.