Letter from Professor Tom Evans, chair of the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP), to Dr Helen Roberts, chair of the Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance Group (HAIRS), on the potential of transmission of SAR-CoV-2 from humans to animals, and the risks of onward transmission.
The letter was considered at SAGE 24 on 9 April 2020.
It should be viewed in context: the document was the best assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. The picture is developing rapidly and, as new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly. Therefore, some of the information in this document may have been superseded and the author’s opinion or conclusion may since have developed.
These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.
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