This article is worth reading given news that cats can be infected with novel coronavirus. Cats are unlikely a major factor in spread of #COVIDー19.
“There is no direct evidence that the infected cats secreted enough coronavirus to pass it on to people” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00984-8
“There is no direct evidence that the infected cats secreted enough coronavirus to pass it on to people” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00984-8
More on pets & #COVIDー19. Pets are likely more at risk from us, than we are from them.
"Dogs and cats may be what we call dead-end hosts ... They get infected with the virus. They shed it, but they’re unlikely to shed it enough to spread it to people." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cats-animals-pets-coronavirus-covid19
"Dogs and cats may be what we call dead-end hosts ... They get infected with the virus. They shed it, but they’re unlikely to shed it enough to spread it to people." https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cats-animals-pets-coronavirus-covid19