Human-to-animal transmission? Ipoh council rounds up strays, just in case

Dogs rest in a crowded enclosure at Auntie Ju's shelter for stray dogs on the outskirts of Bangkok on April 6, 2020, where some 1,500 canines rescued from the streets around the Thai capital are being housed. - Donations of food and money have dramatically decreased since the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, leaving some 1,500 dogs being housed in the shelter with little food to survive on. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

IPOH: The Ipoh City Council has started to round up stray dogs near markets and food courts to prevent Covid-19 from spreading to them.

The Ipoh Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) president Ricky Soong on Saturday (April 11) said they were assisting city council in catching the animals, with the operation having commenced on Wednesday (April 8).