When the coronavirus panic was doing rounds a study stated that animals do not get infected with COVID-19. Here is an example that proved the theory wrong. Possibly the cat acquired the infection from a human who was coronavirus positive.
A cat in Belgium has tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the first known feline to contract the infectious disease. The sick pet in Liège tested positive after showing symptoms typical of COVID-19 https://t.co/NWkTvQCKFF
— Alfons López Tena (@alfonslopeztena) March 28, 2020
The cat showed mild symptoms of COVID-19 like difficulty in breathing and diarrhoea after which the researchers found her coronavirus positive testing her feces.
Steven Van Gucht, a virologist said during a Federal Public Service Health press conference held on Friday-
“Recently, the veterinary medicine faculty in Liège reported that a coronavirus infection has been determined in a cat. The cat lived with her owner, who started showing symptoms of the virus a week before the cat did.”
Talking about this case the expert said that it is an example of human to the animal transmission and the vice versa is not possible. Further spread of the virus has very less chances and this is a rare case.