coronavirus — cats could be the secret culprit.A Hong Kong official has floated the idea that stray cats may have spread SARS-CoV-2 as they passed between stalls at Chinese wet markets looking for food.While some scientists believe they've pinned down the origins of the pandemic as a bat being sold at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, Yuen Kwok-yong suggests a different animal could be to blame for new outbreaks."The virus could have been brought around by cats, rats and cockroaches, especially as we all know cats love fish," the government adviser said. "They may wander more frequently around seafood stalls."Cats are known to be able to contract coronavirus from humans, but there's no evidence yet to suggest they can pass the.