Rospotrebnadzor intends to study the question, can a person be infected with a coronavirus from a cat.
“This is also subject to study. Let’s study” — said the Minister Anna Popova in an interview Naila Asker-zade on the channel “Russia 24” on Sunday, may 31.
Popov recalled that the Chinese scientists in their first publication on this account claimed to be from the Pets infected is impossible. However, said the chief sanitary doctor of Russia, she is aware of several cases of infection of cats. The specialists could not determine from where in infected cats the infection.
Earlier this week, the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor, has confirmed that the new coronavirus has infected domestic cat. However, the Department assured that the virus cannot be transmitted from Pets. So far, no measures against animals do not need to take, calmed in a press-service of Rosselkhoznadzor.
a Number of researchers from Japan and USA who have studied this issue, saying that a man who has a pet, as a rule, have the disease more easily because his immune system is faced with various viruses and infections from the animal.
in cats, there is about four or five species of coronavirus for which they are ill, the person with the disease to get may, writes “Interfax”.
the chief Physician of city clinical hospital No. 71 Alexander Myasnikov eve also said that a cat or a dog infected with coronavirus that can infect humans.
