"Cats and dogs can become infected and get sick with a new coronavirus infection," RIA Novosti quotes a specialist.
According to him, the data available to date shows that these animals carry COVID-19 asymptomatically or in a mild form.
At the same time, Lioznov noted that "the parrot will definitely not get infected."
“If there is a sick person in the family, then it is necessary to limit his contacts with animals,” he added.
Earlier, the director of the Gamaleya Center, Alexander Gintsburg, admitted that the coronavirus infection would become natural focal and spread to pets.
In the summer, it became known about the development in Russia of a vaccine against COVID-19, intended for animals.