Belgian case of cat infection confirmed New coronavirus March 29, 4:40

Belgian health officials have announced that cats have been the first case in which cats have been infected with the new coronavirus.

Belgian health officials said on Wednesday that the infection was confirmed in a cat from a woman living in Liege, eastern Belgium.

According to local media, one week after the owner's woman began to experience the new corovirus symptoms, cats also developed symptoms such as vomiting and dyspnea, and when a specialist examined the feces of the cat, the virus was detected. That is.

Belgian authorities say that this is a special case and there is no sign that pets are infected one after another, while others who are suspected to be infected are calling for washing their hands before touching pets etc. .

He also says there is no basis for transmission of the virus from pets to humans.

In the past, cases of the new coronavirus transmitted from humans to pets have been confirmed in dogs in Hong Kong.