The study found that neither the tiger mosquito nor the common mosquito could transmit SARS-CoV-2.
Rome, Italy:
A new scientific study by the Italian national health institute ISS shows that mosquitoes are unable to transmit the coronavirus to humans, the institute said on Thursday.
The World Health Organization has previously stated that there is no evidence that the virus can be transmitted by blood-sucking insects, which spread dengue fever and other diseases when they bite humans.
But the latest study, done in collaboration with IZSVe, a research organization for animal health and food safety, found that neither the tiger mosquito nor the common mosquito could transmit SARS-CoV-2.
“Research has shown that the virus, once transmitted to the mosquito through a meal of infected blood, is not able to replicate,” the ISS said in a statement, excluding the transmission of COVID-19 by mosquito bites.
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