It’s the time of year when doing yard work or going for a walk or hike also means putting on some bug spray.

Mosquitos have returned only this year their return also comes with some new questions around COVID-19.

Alberta’s top doctor said there have been several recent questions about whether or not mosquito could spread the virus among humans, so she took to social media to answer the question.

“To date, there is no information or evidence that suggests [COVID-19] is transmitted by mosquitoes,” she said in a statement on Twitter. “It's a respiratory virus spread through droplets in an infected person's saliva/nasal discharge when they cough, sneeze, or talk.”

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