There have been calls in Egypt for people not to abandon or put down their pets after false rumours that they could carry coronavirus.
A group of Egyptian celebrities has put out a video in which they hug their pets and urge people to look after them as normal.
The World Health Organization said there is no evidence that pets can be infected by Covid-19. Further tests are being carried out to understand if and how animals are affected.
It's thought that the virus was originally passed to humans from animals but it is still not known how, and there are no recorded instances of humans catching it from their pets.
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