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#InfectiousDisease, #Animals, #Pets, #Coronavirus, #Outbreak,  GUELPH, Ont.—Merlin seems remarkably unfazed by the masked, gloved, protective-suited humans assertively handling him. Then again, the Labrador retriever has already survived pretend-Ebola. So contracting pretend-novel-coronavirus for the purposes of this simulation is a walk in the park. Scott Weese, Merlin’s owner and director of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses at the University of Guelph, and Marlowe Schott, an infection control practitioner, carefully don layers of protective equipment and then even more carefully strip them all off. They are alert for ways a dog who actually did have novel coronavirus might expose them — like by panting on their faces. Merlin, who stays calm and obedient in the cramped isolation room, gets a treat. Final diagnosis: very good boy. Public health officials worldwide are scrambling to contain the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus, which has in