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TOKYO — Officials in Seoul said they found their first case of covid-19 in a cat on Monday shortly after offering free tests to pets in the South Korean capital.

Experts say there’s no evidence cats or dogs can transmit the coronavirus to humans, but they have nevertheless placed the cat in isolation for 14 days. The animal was tested after having symptoms of vomiting and decreased activity, and after the family it lives with were all found to have contracted covid-19, officials said.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced last week it would offer free coronavirus tests to symptomatic dogs and cats, shortly after a kitten at a religious facility in the southeast of the country was found to have contracted the virus.

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In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a few pets have been infected with the virus that causes covid-19, mostly after the animals were in close contact with infected humans.
Since the beginning of the outbreak, scattered reports of animals contracting the disease have raised fears that pets or farmed animals such as mink could become a reservoir for the disease, prompting widespread culling in infected mink farms.

The CDC, however, says that “based on the limited available information, the risk of animals spreading the COVID-19 virus to people is considered low.” Most animals who have contracted the virus experienced mild illness and fully recovered.

“There is no evidence that viruses can spread to people or other animals from a pet’s skin, fur or hair,” the CDC says.

Seoul’s government said it would provide tests only to animals that showed symptoms, such as fever or breathing difficulties, after coming into contact with infected humans.

The kitten found positive last month was placed in isolation at a nearby animal shelter but did not show any symptoms and so after 14 days was released, local health authorities said.
In an online briefing last week, disease control official Park Yoo-mi reminded people to keep their pets “at least two meters away from people and other animals when walking them.”

Research has shown that cats can spread the disease to other cats in a laboratory setting.

Over the weekend, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park said a troop of western lowland gorillas had made a full recovery after several contracted the coronavirus, but in Pakistan, officials said two 11-week-old white tiger cubs appear to have died of covid-19 last month.

Min Joo Kim in Seoul contributed to this report.

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TOKYO — Officials in Seoul said they found their first case of covid-19 in a cat on Monday shortly after offering free tests to pets in the South Korean capital.

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Experts say there’s no evidence cats or dogs can transmit the coronavirus to humans, but they have nevertheless placed the cat in isolation for 14 days. The animal was tested after having symptoms of vomiting and decreased activity, and after the family it lives with were all found to have contracted covid-19, officials said.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced last week it would offer free coronavirus tests to symptomatic dogs and cats, shortly after a kitten at a religious facility in the southeast of the country was found to have contracted the virus.

Two New York cats tested positive for coronavirus. Here’s what you need to know about the virus and animals.

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a few pets have been infected with the virus that causes covid-19, mostly after the animals were in close contact with infected humans.
Since the beginning of the outbreak, scattered reports of animals contracting the disease have raised fears that pets or farmed animals such as mink could become a reservoir for the disease, prompting widespread culling in infected mink farms.

The CDC, however, says that “based on the limited available information, the risk of animals spreading the COVID-19 virus to people is considered low.” Most animals who have contracted the virus experienced mild illness and fully recovered.

“There is no evidence that viruses can spread to people or other animals from a pet’s skin, fur or hair,” the CDC says.

Seoul’s government said it would provide tests only to animals that showed symptoms, such as fever or breathing difficulties, after coming into contact with infected humans.

The kitten found positive last month was placed in isolation at a nearby animal shelter but did not show any symptoms and so after 14 days was released, local health authorities said.
In an online briefing last week, disease control official Park Yoo-mi reminded people to keep their pets “at least two meters away from people and other animals when walking them.”

Research has shown that cats can spread the disease to other cats in a laboratory setting.

Over the weekend, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park said a troop of western lowland gorillas had made a full recovery after several contracted the coronavirus, but in Pakistan, officials said two 11-week-old white tiger cubs appear to have died of covid-19 last month.

Min Joo Kim in Seoul contributed to this report.

Two tiger cubs probably died of covid-19, reports Pakistani zoo

The mystery of how a tiger caught covid-19 has experts chasing their tails

Dog with ‘low-level’ coronavirus infection remains quarantined after blood test, Hong Kong officials say