Pets often catch COVID-19 from their humans, new study reveals

These scientists are taking the expression “sick as a dog” to a new level.

A new study has found that a surprisingly high number of dogs and cats may be getting infected with COVID-19. These high infection rates may be attributed in part to the affection owners have for their cats and dogs, according to new research to be presented next week at the European Congress of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Scientists at the University of Utrecht sent a mobile veterinary clinic to households in the Netherlands that had tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 200 days, Reuters reported.