A second dog has tested positive for coronavirus in Hong
Kong, days after the first to contract the disease in the Chinese
administrative region had died.
Before now, the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) had stated
that there is no evidence that pets like cats and dogs can spread the virus and
that people shouldn’t abandon their animals out of fear.
According to the South China Morning Post, the 2-year-old
German shepherd, owned by a coronavirus infected woman in the Pok Fu Lam area,
was quarantined at a government facility.
It was a case of human-to-animal transmission, according to
the report on Thursday.
“No positive results were obtained from the mixed-breed dog
and neither dog has shown any signs of disease,” it said. “The department will
continue to closely monitor both dogs and conduct repeated tests on the
animals.”
The sick German shepherd’s diagnosis came days after the
first known dog to test positive for the coronavirus — a 17-year-old Pomeranian
— died in Hong Kong after returning home from quarantine.
But animal welfare experts had suggested it may have died
from stress or naturally.
Ever since coronavirus broke out in Wuhan, more than 250,000
cases have been recorded across over 170 countries with the death toll
exceeding 10,000. China and Italy are among the worse hit countries.
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