Posted on 03/04/2020 8:58:23 PM PST by familyop
A Hong Kong dog has been confirmed as the first case of human-to-animal transmission of the coronavirus COVID-19. The Pomeranian has a "low-level" infection of the disease, which has been spreading across the world and may soon reach pandemic levels.
The little dog is now under quarantine at the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department for further testing. The department has said there is no evidence that pets could transmit the virus to humans.
Pet owners need not be particularly concerned and should not abandon their animals, a spokesperson said. The dog was initially placed into quarantine after its owner developed the virus.
"Based on past experience with coronaviruses and our current understanding of COVID-19, we do not think common household pets are spreading the disease or making people sick," a World Health Organisation spokesperson told the South China Morning Post.
The World Organisation for Animal Health said the spread of COVID-19 was due to human-to-human transmission. "To date, there is no evidence that companion animals can spread the disease," they said in a statement.
"Therefore, there is no justification in taking measures against companion animals which may compromise their welfare."
The organisation said pet owners should "always" implement basic hygiene measures.
"This includes hand washing before and after being around or handling animals, their food, or supplies, as well as avoiding kissing, licking or sharing food."
There have been 104 confirmed human cases of coronavirus in Hong Kong, and two deaths.
More than 3000 people worldwide have died from coronavirus, including two in Australia.
The World Health Organisation believes COVID-19 will inevitably reach pandemic levels.
COVID-19 is believed to have first developed in humans from a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan which sold live animals for consumption.
While there have been several animals blamed for the disease, it has not yet been determined how the virus formed.
Have We been infected by EBE’s playing around creating something to thin the herd of Humans ???
I maybe wrong, but the more I hear these stories. It sounds more like a manufactured virus that either escaped or was intentionally released.
Need to give all this craziness a rest.
Corona virus... Hmmm...
-lol-
Is just a doggone flu ping.
We aren’t hearing anything about the Hong Kong protesters anymore are we?
The commies in China will do anything to stay in power. Even a virus outbreak is not beyond the cold, calculating dictatorship. Sacrifice a few thousand, millions even, to get a rebellion out of the news. Get foreign journalists out of the way. Very convenient for the reds
Exactly!
For what it’s worth, dogs have been vaccinated for Corona virus for a very long time now. It was a regular vaccine we gave back in the early 90’s when I worked as a vet tech.
Dog rabies is back, a new distemper, and Asian tick with dire health consequences, and several dog flus already.
Animal rights wackos are importing plague dogs, selling them for insane "adoption fees" [because apparently there are no American dogs, born right-wise left to adopt] and endangering OUR pets.
The local shelter imported ANOTHER batch of them recently and after a whole 2 day "quarantine", adopted them out to locals and now they're walking around, shedding diseases where my dogs go.
One of their rescue batches were put down for having rabies.
The livid reactions on their FB were so rampant and vocal, they deleted the whole article.
*If* I run to one in a pet store, I'm going fill bore Invasion of the Bodysnatchers on the moronic owners.
Thanks! I’d forgotten about that vaccination for dogs.
Extra-terrestrial biological entities? ;)
Might be extra-national ones, though, but I don’t know. A military force would be nuts to play with one that might escape from an area of operations and travel around the world while biting its own people.
Yeah, it looks that way. I don’t know. At least some foreign military forces have probably been messing around with viruses with offense in mind, though. Crazy.
Zoonotic transmission is how monsters are built, especially with an RNA virus.
Dog-faced pony-solider ping.
of course they are. leftist can’t do anything without unintended consequences.
thanks for the info.
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