Obviously if there is someone who is willing to assume care of the pet in the home that is the best choice. However, if the person is taken to the hospital and has no back-up pet caretaker animal control might have to take the pet into the shelter. Here is the National Animal Control Association's statement on removal of pets in homes of residents with COVID with precautions to keep your animal control workers safe. https://www.nacanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/NACA-Statement-on-Removing-Pets-from-Homes-of-Residents-that-are-or-Suspected-to-be-Infected-With-COVID-19.pdf Ledy VanKavage, Esq. Sr. Legislative Attorney Best Friends Animal Society 618-550-9469 CELL bestfriends.org<http://bestfriends.org/> facebook.com/bestfriendsanimalsociety<http://facebook.com/bestfriendsanimalsociety> | twitter.com/bestfriends<http://twitter.com/bestfriends> [https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/PU1nb1wLjNaWXboXRzQE2A5hVD2OAAxfn_nscS2cAJpTc_BfgRAdYZ29Z4j3ajR0D-DP_NISG9oScWb4jhfCkrQTrYOdusDW7jGjCdD1=s0-d-e1-ft#http://bestfriends.org/uploadedImages/Content/BF_STA.jpg] Together, we can Save Them All®.