The Ministry of Health has cautioned Covid-19 patients not to come into contact with pets as there's evidence the novel coronavirus is capable of infecting animals.

Franciso, a three-year old Vietnamese potbellied cross, who was rescued from a family that was falsely informed him as a "micro pig", happily living indoors with Morag Sangster and John Ryan, a family in Carluke, Scotland, as the two run a sanctuary for animals.