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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (326): mosquito non-transm, selected countries, WHO, global

COVID-19 -- United StatesAbstract--------This research addresses public speculation that SARS-CoV-2 might be transmitted by mosquitoes. The World Health Organization has stated "To date there has been no information nor evidence to suggest that the new coronavirus could be transmitted by mosquitoes." Here we provide the 1st experimental data to investigate the capacity of SARS-CoV-2 to infect and be transmitted by mosquitoes including tests of 3 widely distributed species of mosquito; _Aedes aegypti_, Read more [...]