The Hong Kong government said pets of coronavirus patients must be quarantined, after a dog belonging to an infected person in the city tested mildly positive for the respiratory illness.
A dog in Hong Kong tested 'weakly' positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 but may not have contracted it. What does this mean for pet owners?
Many are now concerned for their pets after a dog tested “weakly positive” for the coronavirus in Hong Kong.
The coronavirus outbreak is affecting China's dogs and cats, which are increasingly being left to fend for themselves.
Pomeranian tested a weak positive for virus in what experts said was ‘likely to be a case of human-to-animal transmission’
Hong Kong authorities have warned residents against kissing their pets, after a dog belonging to a coronavirus patient in the city tested âweak positiveâ for COVID-19.
Officials in Hong Kong have concluded that while pets can test positive for the coronavirus, they cannot pass it onto humans.
Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday announced that a pet dog had tested “weak positive” for coronavirus, indicating it had contracted a “low-level” infection from the virus.