Scientists in Canada have discovered the first potential case of
deer passing coronavirus to a human, according to the new research that hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed.
It was also stated in the report that the scientists do not know how, exactly, the virus was transmitted, but they are not ruling out consensual sex - or food sharing.
The event has raised new concerns that wildlife could host Covid-19 strains that could eventually spill over to humans.
While the team was putting out all this good news, the also managed to add that they had also identified new, highly-mutated strains of Covid-19 in white-tailed deer, highlighting the potential dangers of wildlife hosting the virus.
Like humans, animals can act as reservoirs for a pathogen as it spreads and mutates—sometimes into a more deadly or contagious version of itself.
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