4. Animal Handlers are Particularly at Risk
If your normal job is handling animals that may be infected with this virus, then you may want to take additional precautions or think about switching careers. This deadly illness can definitely be passed on from animals to humans. However, so far the outbreaks that have happened had only been from swine transmission to humans.
That means that if you work with animals other than swine, even if you live or work in the affected areas mentioned earlier, then your chances of transmission are lower. That does not mean that they are nonexistent, however. Since this is an emerging virus, scientists do not yet know exactly how it is passed on and which animals might be at risk. You need to be careful if you are handling animals in one of the major risk regions listed above. Making sure that none of your animals are infected is certainly a step in the right direction.