According to him, there is currently no information about the transmission of infection from animals to humans.
Yazarevich thus commented on reports from China that 15% of the cats examined in Wuhan were carriers of COVID-19.
“We are aware that pets of patients with COVID-19 are infected with this disease in some cases,” he told TASS.
The representative of WHO recalled that the main route for the spread of infection was “human-to-human transmission”.
At the same time, he urged people with COVID-19 to "limit contact with pets when they deal with them and take care of them."
Earlier, scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and Huazhun Agricultural University talked about coronavirus in cats in Wuhan.
According to scientists, infection of cats with coronavirus is possible in other countries.
On March 5, it was reported that the World Health Organization was examining a case of a dog becoming infected with a coronavirus infection in Hong Kong.