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Can mosquitoes spread coronavirus?

  • Written by Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney

The pathogens mosquitoes spread by sucking our blood cause over half a million deaths each year and hundreds of millions of cases of severe illness.

But there is no scientific evidence to suggest mosquitoes are transmitting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

There is much more to learn about the coronavirus but based on current...

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