Claim: Walking your pet dog may raise your risk of catching coronavirus by 78 per cent.
Fact-check: Research suggesting increased Covid-19 risk for dog-owners may be barking up the wrong tree - Full Fact
Verdict: this is based on research which has many flaws. in particular, suggestions this is down to dogs acting as a covid-19 vector are based on limited evidence.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2020-11-24T00:00:00