{"id":375,"date":"2020-03-01T18:30:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthissues24.co.za\/?p=375"},"modified":"2020-03-01T18:30:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T18:30:17","slug":"can-humans-become-infected-with-the-coronavirus-covid-19-from-an-animal-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/can-humans-become-infected-with-the-coronavirus-covid-19-from-an-animal-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Can humans become infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from an animal source?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in animals. Rarely, people get infected with these viruses which may then spread to other people. For example, SARS-CoV was associated with civet cats and MERS-CoV is transmitted by dromedary camels. Possible animal sources of COVID-19 have not yet been confirmed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To protect yourself, such as when visiting live animal markets, avoid direct contact with animals and surfaces in contact with animals. Ensure good food safety practices at all times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Handle raw meat, milk or animal organs with care to avoid contamination of uncooked foods and avoid consuming raw or undercooked animal products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in animals. Rarely, people get infected with these viruses which may then spread to other people. For example, SARS-CoV was associated with civet cats and MERS-CoV is transmitted by dromedary camels. Possible animal sources of COVID-19 have not yet been confirmed.&nbsp; To protect yourself, such\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/can-humans-become-infected-with-the-coronavirus-covid-19-from-an-animal-source\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}