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Can your pet catch coronavirus? Here's what experts say

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Can your beloved cat or dog give you coronavirus?


Experts agree, almost definitely not.


Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said that samples from the dog's nasal and oral cavities had tested "weak positive" for novel coronavirus. It was believed to be the first time that a dog anywhere in the world tested positive for the virus.


The dog - which had no symptoms - was put into quarantine and will be repeatedly tested until the result comes back negative, according to the statement. The department "strongly advises" that pets of people infected with coronavirus are quarantined for 14 days.



Despite this, the AFCD and the World Health Organization both agree there is no evidence that pets such as cats or dogs can be infected with coronavirus.


That's because while dogs can test positive for the virus, it doesn't necessarily mean they have been infected.


Is it worth quarantining pets?


According to Gray, who was working in Hong Kong during SARS, there is still value in quarantining pets from a scientific perspective, because it allows scientists to observe how an animal relates to a disease we still know relatively little about.


"Whilst it seems a bit scary, it's purely a precautionary measure, and it's certainly nothing for pet owners in general to be concerned about," said Gray.


Some pet owners in mainland China have been fitting their dogs with tiny face masks, but Gray said there is no benefit to that -- in fact, it's probably fairly distressing for the pet and could cause them to panic.



Instead, pet owners should stick to the basics: good hygiene.


Both WHO and Gray said owners should wash their hands with soap and water after touching pets.

"I am certainly not in any concern of my dog or cats, I'm far more concerned about myself catching it from a human being that has the disease," said Gray, who is a pet owner herself.


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  • According to China's top expert, pets might be infected by the new virus
  • Sales volume of dog-specific masks is increasing in China due to the coronavirus
  • Online ecoomerce shops are selling 10 times more masks daily
  • Death toll of the disease has reached to at least 180 in China 
  • There are now more than 9,200 people confirmed to have been infected globally


Chinese pet owners are rushing to buy face masks for their dogs amid the coronavirus outbreak to prevent their loved ones from catching the deadly disease.


The news comes after China's top expert for infectious diseases warned that pets might also be infected by the coronavirus, which has so far spread to 21 countries and regions and sickened more than 7,900 people.



The World Health Organization, however, claims that it has not seen any evidence of the virus being passed onto cats or dogs.

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The coronavirus pandemic has made new “deserts” across the world. Most of the world's major cities, like London, New York and others, are empty, without any soul on the street. As humans are isolating at home, wild animals have started to take over the streets and feel free.


Several pictures taken by photographers or simple people around the world, captured the guests, including deer, goats and others roaming through the streets wild animals. Sometimes busy and loud cities, are now silent and open for this creatures, who came to inspect the human life and show up their importance in our life.

In London and Nara (Japan) , herds of deer are rumoring the streets. In London a herd of deer was spotted resting in housing state, the deer felt so well that they laid down on the grass and spent the day in silence. There were some viral pictures on internet which shows the London Eye, Chinatown, National Gallery and other places totally empty.

In Llandudno, Wales, some mountain goats were spotted in the streets on March 31. 

In Italy several wild boars were spotted throughout northern, in Bergamo was seen even one mother walking through empty streets with her offspring.

Several puma were seen walking around the streets of Santiago, Chile, it is said that they came for food.

In India, Tirupati, there were seen a herd of deer wandering along a road in the city.

During the lockdown, more than a billion people worldwide are staying at home, self-isolated and socially distancing themselves from one another to avoid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.


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The Shawn Davis family lives in a crowded area in the state of Illinois, but due to the coronavirus, they were forced to stay at home like all the neighbors. A family of foxes became interested in the empty backyard of the Americans and for several months rested under the windows of Sean's house. 


While people were quarantined in their homes, animals began to return the suddenly vacated territories to their legal possessions. This happened with the garden of the American Sean Davis - the backyard of his family was first chosen by a couple of foxes, and then they brought their kids there. The foxes in the courtyard liked it so much that for several months the animal family spent right under the windows of Sean and his relatives, for whom the life of the foxes turned into a real series. 

The American noticed that the foxes liked his yard and installed a camera that filmed their life. American Sean Davis was very surprised when in May he saw a red couple in the courtyard of two foxes. The Sean family lives in a crowded area in the state of Illinois, where besides them there are other houses, so this place can hardly be called quiet. However, the presence of people did not scare the animals at all, but rather the opposite, because over time, the foxes in the courtyard of Sean became more and more. 

Over time, seven animals at once occupied the courtyard of the Sean family - mother, father, and 5 deprive them. Animals began to use secluded territory as their playground and shelter. In the afternoon, they curled up and slept under trees, games in the morning and evening. And sometimes, due to inattention of people, the yard turned into a dining room. Since the human family almost never left the house due to quarantine, the life of foxes became a real series for them.

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These life hacks only create the appearance of protection.


1. Follow the rule of 5 seconds

 Legend has it: if food fell to the floor, but a piece was lifted earlier than 5 seconds later, you can safely eat it.  Because microorganisms are not so nimble and will not have time to crawl onto your sandwich or apple in such a short time.

2. Touch the door handle through the sleeve

 The very idea - to create a barrier between your skin and a potentially contaminated surface - is very correct.  But using your own clothes for this is not the best option.  The dirt, bacteria, and viruses that were on the doorknob end up on your sleeve and then calmly contact your wrists and palms, face, hair, phone, bag, and so on.


3. Press the elevator button with your elbow or knuckle

 Here is almost the same story as in the previous paragraph.  It just seems that we don’t touch anything and that microbes from buttons, handles and doors cannot harm us.  But, for example, the strap of a bag or a pocket of clothes is easy to touch with your elbows, and we also put them on the table, and then touch it with our hands.

 With knuckles, dirt and microorganisms easily fall into the palms and face - when a person clenches his hands into fists, twists his fingers, props his chin, rubs one hand on the other, and so on.


4. Hold your breath when someone sneezes or coughs nearby.

 From infection (if someone sneezing is sick with something) this will not save you.  Firstly, you just won’t have time to hold your breath fast enough - and the smallest drops of saliva and sputum will still fall into your airways (yes, it sounds very disgusting, but alas, it is).

5. Wipe the surface with an antibacterial wipe

 This only works if you use a new cloth for each surface.  And if you wipe the same table, door handles, switches and buttons, then simply transfer microorganisms from one object to another.  After all, the longer you use a napkin, the less antibacterial agents remain on it - and microbes have more chances to survive.


6. Constantly smear hands with an antiseptic

 The sanitizer seems to be a universal and 100 percent remedy.  He rubbed his hands, sprayed everything that was possible - and you sit "in the house."  But antiseptics work only when they are used correctly.


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