Covid-19 symptoms, including a fever and a cough. Shortly thereafter, she tested positive for the virus. Genomic sequencing confirmed that the cat and all three people were infected with an identical version of the virus. “When things become human diseases, we too often forget everything else," Dr.
Scott Weese, an infectious diseases veterinarian at the University of Guelph in Ontario told New York Times. “I think it’s important for us to recognize this virus still can move between species." It has been difficult to prove that cat-to-human transmission happens in natural settings, though there are other animals like mink, hamsters and deer who have reportedly transmitted the virus to humans.
The new paper appeared this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, which is published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.