[Nebullis]

I'm guessing mucus membrane contact with the virus, most likely aersol, is the way it's transmitted.

That's a good guess. That's how the monkeys were infected with coronavirus at Erasmus University. They developed SARS.

[Judith Anne]

Shows you what I know...I don't remember reading anywhere that monkeys got it, although I do know that some coronaviruses are transmitted interspecies.