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Mosquitoes, cats and dogs can transmit COVID-19

There is no substantiated evidence indicating the novel coronavirus can be transmitted through mosquitoes, cats and dogs.

The virus is a respiratory virus that is spread primarily through droplets from an infected person when they cough or sneeze, or through the droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose.

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There are other types of coronaviruses that can affect dogs and cats but no such evidence has been established that they can contract the new coronavirus or transmit it.