COVID-19 and Animals: Dec. 23, 2020

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated Dec. 23, 2020
  
  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:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/99348/cdc_99348_DS1.pdf
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