Covid virus is 'highly prevalent' in the cats and dogs of people who have caught the disease. Experts say anyone who is ill should avoid their pets.
Scientists in the Netherlands say there is a “potential risk” that pets could act as a “reservoir” for coronavirus and pass it on to humans.
Dr Els Broens, from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, said: “If you have Covid-19, you should avoid contact with your cat or dog, just as you would do with other people.“The main concern, however, is not the animals’ health – they had no or mild symptoms of Covid-19 – but the potential risk that pets could act as a reservoir of the virus and reintroduce it into the human population.“Fortunately, to date no pet-to-human transmission has been.
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