outbreak hamster coronavirus in Hong Kong Margarita Provotorova, leading expert of the Center for Molecular Diagnostics CMD of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, is unlikely to affect the increase in the incidence among people.
Earlier it was reported that Hong Kong is investigating the case of infection of more than a dozen hamsters with coronavirus and the possibility of its transmission to humans. All of these animals, previously purchased as pets, are ordered to be euthanized. However, there is no exact evidence that it was hamsters that became the source of infection for pet store employees, he quotes RIA News Provotorov.
She recalled that during the pandemic, animals have already been exterminated more than once due to suspected transmission of the virus to humans: minks were massively exterminated in Denmark, dog and cat owners turned to veterinary clinics with a request to euthanize their pet for fear of becoming infected from him.
“There is no need to panic,” the epidemiologist urged and recalled that virus It is mainly transmitted from person to person by airborne droplets. Therefore, it is necessary to wear masks, wash hands more often, maintain social distance and avoid visiting places with large crowds of people.
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