Risk of Covid-19 jumping back from animals to humans is low, says WHO as Hong Kong prepares for mass hamster cull

The risk of animals reinfecting humans with Covid-19 remains low, the World Health Organization has said, while asserting that it is “constantly looking” into pre-empting such a scenario.This comes as the WHO carries out research with its scientific partners into animals’ susceptibility to Sars-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, as well as human-to-animal transmissions and vice versa.“We understand there are a number of species that can be infected with Sars-CoV-2. There’s the…

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