Keep animals safe: Household pets especially cats and dogs getting undesirable attention amid the pandemic as they are known to be susceptible to certain coronavirus variants. However, these are not related to Covid-19 but still scare the masses nonetheless.
GEORGE TOWN: Coronavirus contracted by household pets have been around for decades and is an entirely different strain compared to the newly-discovered Covid-19 that infects humans.
Veterinary surgeon Dr K. Pavabakaran said there is no new concrete evidence indicating cross-infections of these coronaviruses from animals to humans so far.
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