Cat Catches Covid Uk

This is the first case of a domestic cat testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK but should not be a cause for alarm.

Cat catches covid uk. A pet cat has tested positive in the UK for the strain of coronavirus that is causing the current pandemic. A very small number of confirmed cases in pets have been confirmed in other. The government said the cat is thought to have been infected by its owners who had tested positive for COVID-19 though the animal and people have all fully recovered.

Pets can catch Covid from owners study suggests. 27 July 2020 1403 Updated. The pet cat diagnosed with Covid-19 in the UK was.

The infected cat we. Covid is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the disease research suggests. In this case as with most of the others the owners have tested positive and transmission was from the owners to their pets and not the other way around.

A cat in Argentina wears a mini-mask to protect it from coronavirus. This is the first case of a domestic cat testing positive for Covid-19 in the UK but should not be a. A pet cat has tested positive for the coronavirus in the first confirmed case in the UK of it infecting an animal.

The UKs Chief Veterinary Officer confirmed that the virus responsible for Covid-19 was detected in the domestic cat. The BBC ran an article on Wednesday with guidance from the British Veterinary Association BVA about the ability of cats to spread the. In June 2020 a German Shepherd called Buddy sadly died after contracting Covid and in July a Siamese cat from Surrey became the first animal to test positive in the UK.

Updated 0519 23 Apr 2021. Therefore it is important that owners should not worry unnecessarily. People were sick and some days later their pets showed signs of illness in the case of cats these seem to be respiratory and gastrointestinal problems.