Chinese researchers give sad news to animal lovers and say that cats and dogs can become infected with the new coronavirus, yet they cannot transmit the virus to humans and cannot die from it.
Chinese researchers give sad news to animal lovers and say that cats and dogs can become infected with the new coronavirus, yet they cannot transmit the virus to humans and cannot die from it.
Cats and dogs can be infected with the new coronavirus, but cannot be infected by humans, according to CNF quoted by Mediafax.
In addition to this finding, evidence shows that animals cannot die from the virus even though it can be transmitted from animal to animal.
"People can still embrace their pets," said Dr. John Williams, a pediatrician at Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital.
Experts say that the lab experiments have developed a scenario that is completely unrealistic.
They say scientists have applied extremely high doses of virus to the nostrils of five domestic cats, 8 months old, says William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville.
"Cats in our homes or even wild cats would never be exposed to this level of virus. The applied dose is much higher than an ordinary person would get, ”said William Schaffner.