The World Health Organization has found no evidence that mosquitos can carry or transmit COVID-19, and this is thought to be for the reasons set out below.

1. The World Health Organization has found
no evidence that mosquitos can carry or
transmit COVID-19, and this is thought to
be for the reasons set out below.
John Coombs
Mosquito Bites
and COVID-19

2. M o s q u i t o B i t e s a n d C O V I D - 1 9
The World Health Organization has found no evidence that mosqui-
tos can carry or transmit COVID-19, and this is thought to be for the
reasons set out below.
C O V I D - 1 9 A s a R e s p i r a t o r y I l l n e s s
COVID-19 is primarily transmitted and contracted via respiratory
droplets that are released into the air when an infected person sneez-
es or coughs. The virus is not thought to be spread via blood.
V i r u s C o m p a t i b i l i t y
A virus must be able to survive in both the bodies of a human and an
insect for it to be transmitted between the two. Respiratory diseases
are unable to replicate inside the body of an insect in most cases, and
coronavirus is likely to be no different.
W h a t D i s e a s e s C a n B e T r a n s m i t t e d
V i a M o s q u i t o B i t e s ?
In the US, the most common disease to be contracted by mosquito
bite is West Nile virus, which can cause serious illness and even death.
Zika virus, malaria and dengue are also risks, although, in the US at
least, they are uncommon.
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4. For more information about malaria and the work being done to
help eradicate it, visit the blog of John Coombs, Vectorcide founder.