Pets often catch SARS-CoV-2 from owners, study confirms

The Dutch research supports human-to-pet transmission but it is still not known if pet-to-human transmission is a risk
Reuters Health

People infected with SARS-CoV-2 can transmit the virus to their pets, confirms a study presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases earlier this week.

The research supports human-to-pet transmission, which causes mild sickness, but it is still not known if pet-to-human transmission is a risk.