A new study has confirmed that COVID-19 virus cannot be transmitted to people by mosquitoes. The coronavirus is unable to replicate in mosquitoes and therefore cannot be transmitted to humans.

‘The coronavirus is unable to replicate in three common and widely distributed species of mosquitoes and therefore cannot be transmitted to humans. ’

For the results, three widely distributed species of mosquito -- Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus -- representing the two most significant genera of arbovirus vectors that infect people, were tested. 




Also, all three of the species are present in China, the country of origin of the novel coronavirus.
"We have demonstrated that even under extreme conditions, SARS-CoV-2 virus is unable to replicate in these mosquitoes and therefore cannot be transmitted to people even in the unlikely event that a mosquito fed upon a viremic host," the study authors wrote.
"I am proud of the work we are doing at the university to learn as much as we can about this and other dangerous pathogens," said Higgs.
Research has been ongoing with other animal pathogens that can be transmitted from animals to people, including Rift Valley fever, Japanese encephalitis, African swine fever and classical swine fever.
Advertisement
Source-IANS