Cats may be able to spread coronavirus to humans despite showing no symptoms, expert warns
CATS may be able to spread coronavirus to humans despite showing no symptoms, experts have warned.
There have been several cases of cats testing positive for Covid-19 around the world after apparently catching it from humans.
And virus expert Peter Halfmann revealed fears – from cats to humans.
He issued the warning after carrying out a study which suggested for the first time that cats can catch the bug from each other.
Halfmann and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine led the lab experiment and published their results on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers took coronavirus samples from a human patient and infected three cats with it.
They were thought to have picked it up from people in their homes or neighborhoods.
Some for the virus, as have a small number of other animals around the world.
The first widely reported case was the pet dog of a coronavirus patient which was .