Do mosquitos transmit coronavirus?

[Mike Wehner]

• Mosquitos are known to carry a variety of microorganisms capable of causing disease, but is coronavirus one of them?
• At the moment, the CDC and the World Health Organization don't believe mosquitoes pose a threat.
• The novel coronavirus is transmitted primarily through the air, and there are no known cases of mosquito-borne coronavirus infections at this time.
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The novel coronavirus pandemic is still an incredibly serious problem for, well, just about every country on the planet. Even areas where new cases are beginning to wane, the risk of a new wave of outbreaks remains present. With that in mind, and as we inch toward warmer summer months, it's worth considering whether mosquitos are capable of carrying and transmitting the virus from one person to another.

Elizabeth McGraw, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and professor at Penn State University, tackles that question in a new video where she explains the likelihood of COVID-19 being carried by mosquitos.

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