California Mule Deer Tests Positive for COVID-19
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California wildlife officials have confirmed the state's first case of COVID-19 in a wild animal, detected in a mule deer killed in 2021 in El Dorado County. The infected deer was killed by a hunter in 2021 and sampled at that time for chronic wasting disease. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife will collaborate with federal officials to sample and test more California deer for COVID-19. People can spread COVID-19 to animals, but the risk of animals spreading the virus to people is considered low.
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