bhopal the madhya pradesh covid quarantine list now has two that wag their tails to the call jackie and sheru the pets have been quarantined along with their owners in bhopal and tikamgarh because officials dont want to take the chance of letting them loose in case they too are infected by coronavirus besides none of their neighbours wants to risk keeping the pets for the quarantine period for fear they may be virus carriers studies have shown that covid19 can jump from humans to animals and viceversa and with a tiger testing positive in a zoo in us last month no one wants to take risks with pets of people who have been infectedin tikamgarh two girls were sent to a quarantine centre 6km from town after testing positive they are students who had returned from indore on may 12a team was dispatched to trace and isolate 16 of their contacts including friends family members servants a milkman and sheru the family requested neighbours to take care of their pet for the twoweek period but no one agreed so off went sheru to a quarantine centre in kukdeswar becoming mps canine 001 lovely singh who is in charge of the quarantine centre told media that he was stunned to see a dog saunter in sheru is happy with his diet of milk and biscuits she said jackie or quarantine canine 002 has a room to itself in bhopals mahaveer medical college perks of being a city dog perhaps separate meal boxes are delivered for him every daythis dog was shifted along with a family from jehangirabad last week health officers had initially refused to take the dog along but then agreed thinking it was a better idea to break the chain of virus but the others in the quarantine facility arent too happy about having jackie around some are in fear of dog bite others say he barks far too often