Canadians who are sick with COVID-19 or suspect they have the virus are being warned to be careful around their pets and other animals. “COVID-19 virus infections have become widely distributed in the human population.

In some rare circumstances, some animals have become infected through close contact with infected humans,” says a statement on the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association website.

The association points out that there is no evidence to suggest that animals infected by humans are playing a role in the spread of COVID-19 and that human outbreaks are driven by person-to-person contact.

But as a precautionary measure, it refers to recent recommendations from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency which say anyone with COVID-19

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