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OIE Members have been keeping the OIE updated on any investigations or outcomes of investigations in animals:
Page last updated 19 January 2021
Guidance to report cases of animals infected with SARS-CoV-2 to the OIE
- Animal surveillance in China: China update (5/02/2020).
- Press release: OIE statement on COVID-19 and mink (12/11/2020)
Member | Species affected | Date of first report | Links |
Hong Kong | Dog and cat | 21/03/2020 | Follow-up report no. 3 (23/03/2020) Follow-up report no. 6 (14/01/2021) |
Belgium | Cat | 28/03/2020 | Situation update 1 (28/03/2020) |
USA | Feline (tiger, lion, cat, snow leopard), dog, mink | 06/04/2020 | Follow-up report no. 26 (27/11/2020) The follow-up to FUR 26 appears as a new WAHIS entry, although it is the same epidemiological event. See: Follow-up report no. 3 (12/01/2021) |
Mink (wild) | 11/12/2020 | First (11/12/2020) | |
Netherlands | Mink | 26/04/2020 | First report (26/04/2020) Situation update 1 (15/05/2020) Situation update 2 (9/06/2020) Situation update 3 (16/07/2020) Situation update 4 (12/08/2020) Situation update 5 (01/09/2020) Situation update 6 (06/10/2020) Situation update 7 (06/01/2021) |
France | Cat | 02/05/2020 | First (02/05/2020) Second (12/05/2020) |
Mink | 25/11/2020 | Final report (06/01/2021) | |
Spain | Cat | 11/05/2020 | |
Mink | 16/07/2020 | Immediate notification (16/07/2020) | |
Lion | 21/12/2020 | First (21/12/2020) | |
Germany | Cat and dog | 13/05/2020 | First (13/05/2020) Second (01/12/2020) |
Russia | Cat | 26/05/2020 | Immediate notification (26/05/2020) |
Denmark | Mink | 17/06/2020 | Situation update 1 (17/06/2020) Situation update 2 (03/07/2020) Situation update 3 (24/08/2020) Situation update 4 (01/10/2020) Situation update 5 (16/10/2020) Situation update 6 (05/11/2020) |
United Kingdom | Cat | 28/07/2020 | Immediate notification (28/07/2020) |
Japan | Dog | 07/08/2020 | |
Cat | 06/11/2020 | First (06/11/2020) | |
South Africa | Puma | 11/08/2020 | Follow up report no.1 (14/08/2020) |
Italy | Mink | 30/10/2020 | Situation update 1 (30/10/2020) Situation update 2 (11/11/2020) Situation update 3 (21/11/2020) |
Cat | 09/12/2020 | First (09/12/2020) | |
Sweden | Mink | 29/10/2020 | Situation update 1 (29/10/2020) Situation update 2 (06/11/2020) Situation update 3 (01/12/2020) |
Tiger | 15/01/2021 | Situation update 1 (15/01/2021) | |
Chile | Cat
| 22/10/2020 | Immediate notification (22/10/2020) |
Canada | Dog | 28/10/2020 | First (28/10/2020) |
Mink | 09/12/2020 | Follow-up report no. 3 (08/01/2021) | |
Cat | 21/12/2020 | First (21/12/2020) | |
Brazil | Cat and dog | 29/10/2020 | Follow-up report no. 1 (07/01/2021) |
Greece | Mink | 16/11/2020 | Situation update 1 (16/11/2020) Situation update 2 (04/12/2020) Follow-up report no. 2 (12/01/2021) |
Cat | 23/12/2020 | First (23/12/2020) | |
Argentina | Cat and dog | 18/11/2020 | Immediate notification (18/11/2020) |
Lithuania | Mink | 30/11/2020 | Follow-up report no. 1 (31/12/2020) |
Switzerland | Cat | 03/12/2020 | First (03/12/2020) Second (13/01/2021) |
Mexico | Dog | 15/12/2020 | Follow-up report no. 1 (07/07/2021) |
Slovenia | Ferret | 23/12/2020 | Immediate notification (23/12/2020) |