According to US media reports, more than 80% of white-tailed deer in Iowa are infected with the new crown virus, which may have an impact on the human epidemic and need to be vigilant.
Researchers at Penn State University, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University found that 33 percent of 283 white-tailed deer samples were infected with the new coronavirus between April 2020 and January 2021. As the human epidemic worsened, 83% of the 97 samples contained COVID-19 between 23 November 2020 and 10 January 2021. Infections in Iowa surged in November and December 2020, while fall is the local hunting season, with more than 10,000 people hunting, people in frequent contact with wild deer, or passing the virus on wild deer.
Unlike humans, wild deer do not follow public health safety rules and can easily spread to the entire deer herd once infected. There is currently no evidence that wild deer will transmit the virus back to humans, and experts do not know how serious the problem will become, but there are more than 400,000 wild deer in Iowa, which may affect the human epidemic, and it is recommended to be vigilant. (Editor: Liu Qingyang)
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