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The cat of a few months is the first animal to test positive for the new coronavirus in Brazil. The case was discovered in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. She has no symptoms of covid-19 and was infected by her owners this month during social isolation. Two more alleged infections are also being investigated, from another cat and a dog. The information is Newspaper option.
The cat’s diagnosis was confirmed by RT-PCR molecular biology test, considered the gold standard for detecting infection by the new coronavirus, conducted by researcher Valéria Dutra, professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the UFMT (Federal University of Mato Grosso).
The case revives the alert for the possible transmission of the virus from people to animals. In the laboratory, China showed the possibility of cats infecting other cats. However, it is not known if this happens easily and if these animals can infect humans.
The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) in the United States reports that more information is still needed about the virus, but “it appears that it can be spread from people to animals in some situations, especially after close contact with a sick person “.
Also according to the agency, there are few reports of dogs and cats infected with the coronavirus around the world and there is no evidence that animals play a significant role in the spread.
