No Evidence That Pets Play Significant Role in Spread of COVID-19, CDC Says

There is no evidence that pets play a significant role in the spread of coronavirus, according to a report released by the CDC. The report, published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, comes weeks after a small number of animals worldwide, including in New York, have been infected naturally with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), mostly through suspected…