COVID-19 -- United States
The United Kingdom variant (B.1.1.7) of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, has been detected for the 1st time in a dog and a cat from the same household in Brazos County, Texas as part of a study led by researchers at Texas A&M University.
The 1st reported finding of the B.1.1.7 human variant virus in any animal worldwide, this detection of the UK variant in animals in a natural household setting reinforces the importance of having procedures in place to monitor the SARS-CoV-2 viral
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8251626&promed&0
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