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Winston The First Dog In North Carolina To Test Positive For COVID-19

A pug in North Carolina has recently been the first dog to test positive for coronavirus in the United States.

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Winston was tested for Covid-19  by his owners after he fell ill with the deadly virus.

The dog test was conducted by a Duke University team that was researching how coronavirus can spread to household pets, reports WRAL-TV from North Carolina.

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Dr. Chris Woods, the Duke study’s head, confirmed he thought it was the first known instance of a pet dog who tested positive for COVID-19.

Source: CNN

Helen McLean the owner, hailing from Chapel Hill said Winston had become unwell, coughing and sneezing.

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She further added that “Pugs are a bit peculiar in that they sneeze and cough in a really odd manner and it sounded more like he was gagging.”

Worryingly, the food-loving dog didn’t eat his breakfast for one day.

She said, “And if you know pugs, you know they enjoy food. Yes, it seemed quite strange.”

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On April 1, researchers from Duke went to the family
Source: WRAL

Helen McLean, her partner Samuel who serves in emergency departments, and her son Ben have tested positive as well, but there are no significant symptoms in them. However, their daughter tested negative along with two other pets.

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Helen, Ben and Sydney told WRAL that Winston licks their plates and sometimes sleeps in their beds
Source: WRAL

Ben, who is Helen’s son,  said he wasn’t shocked at all that Winston tested positive.

He told that Winston used to licks all our dinner plates and slept in my mom’s room, as we were the ones who brought our faces in his face.” However, Winston recovered after a few days of getting ill.

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Samuel and Helen McLean and their son Ben both tested positive for the virus. Their daughter Sydney tested negative, as did the family
Source: WRAL

On one hand a few suspected cases of dogs catching the coronavirus have been reported in China.

And on the other hand six lions and three tigers at the Bronx Zoo have tested positive for the virus.

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Yet the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) maintained that there is “no proof that animals play a major role in virus transmission.”

Winston with Sydney. The family say he showed some symptoms but is now recovering well
Source: WRAL

 

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The public health authority told that the risk of infection between animals and humans is minimal.

The CDC also urged pet owners to keep their animals apart from the other animals as if they are somehow human beings who still needed to stick to social distance.

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They also warned owners to stay away from crowded parks, where the other animals may be present.

 

 

 

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