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Migratory geese and ducks are free of COVID-19, researcher says

“In no case has there been any detection of COVID-19, in any birds, wild or domestic.”

By Jane George, Nunatsiaq News May 4, 2020
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Now is the time of year when people throughout the North await the arrival of geese and other waterfowl migrating north — and here’s the good news: as far as biologists can determine, these birds are not infected with COVID-19 and do not carry the virus.

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