COVID-19 and Animals: Jan. 15, 2021

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated Jan. 15, 2021
  
  What you need to know
  
  • We do not know the exact source of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but we know that it originally came from an animal source.
  
  • At this time, there is no evidence that animals play a significant role in spreading the virus that causes COVID-19.
  
  • Based on the limited information available to date, the risk of animals spreading COVID-19 to people is considered to be low.
  
  • We are still learning about this virus, but it appears that it can spread from people to animals in some situations.
  
  What you need to know -- Risk of animals spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 to people -- Risk of people spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 to animals -- Guidance and recommendations -- More information.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Animals Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology Coronavirus Infections/veterinary COVID-19 Disease Reservoirs Pandemics
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e0c777f4f80c071cce49f369cca274cdf4ee1a32259662b45e05647c0f5f2165f74c93bea8c9172f593af7322615b6de785dda4fce89897533aa7d2fe58ec340
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/100506/cdc_100506_DS1.pdf
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