Cat Has Coronavirus Uk

A pet cat has tested positive for the coronavirus in the first confirmed case in the UK of it infecting an animal.

Cat has coronavirus uk. UK pet cat tests positive for COVID-19. By Joel Day PUBLISHED. 27 July 2020.

A pet cat in the UK has been infected with Covid-19 the UKs chief veterinary officer has confirmed. First published on Mon 27 Jul 2020 0827 EDT. The UKs Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed that the virus responsible for COVID-19 has been detected in a pet cat in the UK.

Pet cat becomes first animal in the UK to get Covid-19 after catching the virus from its owners Officials believe the unidentified cat caught the coronavirus from its owners. The only details known about the feline are that it lives in England and was tested at a laboratory in Weybridge. A pet cat has tested positive in the UK for the strain of coronavirus that is causing the current pandemic.

T he infection was confirmed following tests at the Animal and Plant Health Agency Apha. It is important to note that Feline Coronavirus FCov is not associated with the current coronavirus pandemic. The official UK government website for data and insights on coronavirus COVID-19.

It is the first confirmed case of an animal infection with the coronavirus strain in the UK. The government said the cat was the first confirmed case of an animal infection with the coronavirus strain in the UK It said there was no evidence the cat had transmitted the virus to its. The animal is thought to have caught coronavirus from its owners who.

The feline was diagnosed with the infection after its owners also tested. The government said the cat is thought to have been infected by its owners who. A pet cat has become the first UK animal to be infected with coronavirus health officials said Monday insisting there was no.