New Delhi [India], legal holiday (ANI): Amidst the prevailing COVID-19 scenario, folks for the moral Treatment of Animals (PETA) has hip to that there has been no reportable case of transmission of COVID-19 from animals to the citizenry.
While speaking to ANI, PETA Bharat CEO, Manilal Valliyate said, "There is not any reportable case of transmission of COVID-19 from animals to the citizenry as of these days, notably from the companion animals like dogs, cats and additionally from the community animal." However, the PETA official indicated that the vice-versa I e. transmission of COVID-19 from humans to animals is often potential.
There are few reportable cases of humans transmittal the virus to companion animals however there's nothing like animals infecting humans. the rationale for an epidemic is human to human transmission, Valliyate same.
Senior Delhi-based veterinary Dr. Ram Jatan additionally united that coronavirus isn't transmitted from pet animals to humans.
"Coronavirus isn't transmitted from pet animals to humans. immunizing agent against coronavirus for dogs is already out there and also the strain of corona is totally different for dogs," he noticed.
"COVID-19 has been detected in varied wild animals, specifically massive cats across Indian zoos. The samples are sent to the Indian Biological Sciences and analysis
Institute (IBRI) for-diagnosis," Ram Jatan told ANI
He urged folks to shoot their pet dogs and complete the booster doses and steered that the people that square measure COVID-19 positive ought to separate themselves from their pets.
On Gregorian calendar month twelve, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan same that human health can not be seen in isolation in the associate degree era that has inflated interaction between humans and animals resulting in a necessity for a 'One Health' approach.
While emotional the journal of the Indian Council of Medical analysis (ICMR)'s 'One Health' conference, Vardhan same that "with inflated interaction between humans and animals, human health can't be seen in isolation", adding that COVID-19 is quite a reminder thereto reality.
"COVID-19 demonstrates the fast unfold of novel pathogens which may have a significant impact on the worldwide economy. readiness for, and mitigation of such events need a 'One Health' approach," the minister same.
"The gift international conference is concentrated on 'one health approach' that recognizes that the health of individuals is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared surroundings," he said.
In Gregorian calendar month this year, 2 lionesses had tested positive for COVID-19 at Etawah parkland in Uttar Pradesh. Besides this, eight Asiatic lions housed within the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) Hyderabad have tested positive for the SARS-CoV2 virus.