The World Health Organization confirms that a person can infect COVID-19 dogs, domestic cats, minks, lions, tigers and racco-shaped dogs. WHO studies the effect of the virus to other types of animals, said RIA Novosti representative of the organization in Russia Melit Vuynovich.
“The COVID-19 virus is distributed mainly by transmission from person to man, but there is evidence of transmission through the channel of the animal, since this is a zoonotic virus. The intermediate host is not yet identified,” she said.
“Several animals – minks, dogs, pets, lions, tigers and raccoon dogs, – in contact with infected people, gave a positive result on COVID-19. The process of studying the influence of the virus on other types of animals is”, “Vuynovich clarified.