Should we be worried about our pet cats and dogs getting COVID?
- Written by Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID, originated from bats and then, probably after passing through an intermediary host, gained the ability to infect humans.
Many new viruses that emerge in this way, like SARS-CoV-2, maintain the ability to infect both animals and humans.
It’s well documented the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects a...
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