the Doctor of medical Sciences, Professor Anatoly Altstein commented on the case of five-year domestic cat in Moscow, which was diagnosed with coronavirus. The expert believes that the animal poses no danger to people.
Altstein recalled that the main source of the spread of coronavirus infection is people. And if the pet is sick COVID-19, it is likely that he contracted from owners.
“This means that in this family there is a virus, someone already infected,” explained the doctor in an interview with radio station “Moscow speaking”.
According to him, the serious danger of the diseased pet is not because cats are “very secondary carriers”.
Note that in Russia for the first time confirmed the coronavirus from the animal companion. The study was conducted according to the same scheme as that of the people: the cat took swabs from the nose and throat, and then analyzed them by PCR technology. After a positive test pet placed in quarantine “at the location”.
