The hamster was found to have the new coronavirus, and it is believed to infect the staff of the pet store. Experts from the University of Hong Kong estimated that the hamster had been infected with the virus when it was imported into Hong Kong from the Netherlands, and was then taken out of the retail pet store from the industrial warehouse where it was stored. , but emphasized that the infectious period of hamsters carrying the virus is generally only a few days, after which it is no longer contagious, and that the chance of animals transmitting the new coronavirus to humans is small.
Pan Liewen, a professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong, said on a commercial TV program that the cases of employees infected with the new coronavirus in Causeway Bay pet store are likely to be infected by hamsters.
Because the Delta virus infected by the clerk has not been infected in Hong Kong since the end of November last year, even if there is a case detected, it is only an imported case.
Pan Liewen pointed out that hamsters have only a few days of infection with the new coronavirus.
The staff of the pet store did not travel abroad, and the Delta virus was also found in the warehouse where the hamsters were stored. Pan Liewen pointed out that the gene sequencing of the hamster and the staff showed that the virus is likely to come from the same source, so he believes that there are signs that the virus originated from a foreign country. The hamsters that come to Hong Kong are retailed in pet stores and then flow out of the market to cause community infection.
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Pan Liewen pointed out that the chance of the new coronavirus being transmitted from animals to humans is small. In the past, cats and dogs were found to be infected with the new coronavirus by their owners in Hong Kong, but the number of viruses was low and the time was short, and no other people were found to be infected.
In the past, minks have been found to be infected with the new coronavirus and then transmitted to humans, and hamsters are the second example.
He said that hamsters can contract the new coronavirus through contact or airborne respiratory infections, but they usually carry the virus for only a few days, after which they are no longer contagious.
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