Pet lovers around the world aren't taking chances during the Covid-19 outbreak. They are doing what they can to safeguard their pets' health, in addition to their own.
Many are adhering to the stay-home order and are content to just play with their furkids in their own homes or compounds. Those who are permitted to walk their dogs in the outdoors are choosing to do so while keeping a safe distance from other people and animals.
Some pet lovers are keeping their furries protected with the necessary gear and face masks as well.
And since vet clinics are generally closed during the pandemic, except in cases of emergency, some vets are making house calls to check on their four-footed clients.
In some parts of the world, prayers are held for household pets and domesticated animals. It is a tradition in Nicaragua for locals to pray to Saint Lazarus for the health of their dogs. In thanksgiving for favours granted, they bring their pets dressed in costumes to attend mass in honour of the saint.
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Gallery: Measures to protect pets during Covid-19 outbreak
A man and his pet in matching masks and protective suit as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, in Caracas, Venezuela. — AFP/Federico Parra via TNS/Getty Images
A man wears a face mask while he carries his dog with a protective suit as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in Caracas, on March 20, 2020. (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
A dog still needs his daily walk in Madrid, Spain, on March 15. — TNS/Getty Images/Pablo Blazquez Dominguez
A man wears a protective mask as he walks his dog in Madrid Center on March 15, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. The cases in Madrid are 2,807 people infected of Coronavirus and 133 deaths. The Spanish government has declared a state of emergency and is poised to put the country under lockdown to combat the virus. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/TNS)
A man wearing a face mask amid concerns over the Covid-19 outbreak, taking a walk with his dog along the promenade of the Bund in Shanghai, China. — AFP/Hector Retamal via TNS/Getty Images
A man wearing a face mask amid concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak walks holding his dog along the promenade of the Bund along Huangpu River in Shanghai on March 20, 2020. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
A man carrying his dog to be blessed by San Lazaro, in the Monimbo neighbourhood in Masaya, about 35km south of Managua, Nicaragua, on March 29. — AFP
on March 29, 2020. - According to tradition in Nicaragua, faithfuls ask Saint Lazarus for the health of their dogs and pay these favors back by bringing their pets dressed in costumes to attend mass in honor of the saint. (Photo by INTI OCON / AFP)
Just staying home in downtown Prague, Czech Republic, on March 24. — AP/Petr David Josek
A man pets a dog that sits in a window downtown Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The Czech government extended Monday its strict restrictions on movement and other activities until at least April 1, in efforts to contain the outbreak of the new coronavirus. — AP/Petr David Josek
Keeping a safe distance while walking on a trail at Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley, California, the United States, on March 25. — Bloomberg/David Paul Morris
— People walk dogs on a trail at Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley, California, U.S., on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Governor Newsom on March 19 ordered that all of the state's 40 million residents go into home isolation while saying outdoor activity is permissible with proper social distancing. Several parks reported a surge in visitors over the weekend from people wanting to get out of the house. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Resident Buff Gontier pets her dog Millie with neighbour Greg Board during a socialising hour in the courtyard of their apartment complex while keeping a social distance, in Pasadena, California, the United States, on April 5. — Reuters/Mario Anzuoni
Resident Buff Gontier pets her dog Millie with neighbor Greg Board during a socializing hour in the courtyard of their apartment complex while keeping a social distance during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Pasadena, California, U.S., April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Elisa Noel playing with Leona, an American Staff, she adopted recently, in Wavre, Belgium, on April 6. — Reuters/Yves Herman
Elisa Noel plays with Leona, a 3.5 year-old American Staff, she adopted 2 weeks ago, in Wavre, Belgium April 6, 2020. — Reuters/Yves Herman
Veterinarian Wendy Jane McCulloch examining eight-year-old cat Ivy at the closed Botanica Inc office as she makes client home visits, which have additional safety protocols in recent weeks due to the disease outbreak, in Manhattan, New York City. — Caitlin Ochs/Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Home veterinarian Wendy Jane McCulloch examines 8-year-old cat Ivy at the closed Botanica Inc. office as she makes client home visits, which have additional safety protocols in recent weeks during the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs - RC2AVF966EA7/File Photo
