More import controls on the pet trade could reduce animal-to-human transmission of Covid-19, researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) said on Friday, after they found hamsters could contract and spread the coronavirus.
The investigation was jointly conducted by HKU’s school of public health and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, concluding that Syrian hamsters with naturally acquired Covid-19 infections were the source of a local outbreak of the Delta variant two months ago.
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