Regarding the corona 19 confirmed case of the first companion animal in Korea, the quarantine authorities said, "No cases of human infection from companion animals have been confirmed."
Sohn Young-rae, head of the Social Strategy Division, Central Accident Control Headquarters, answered the question about the possibility of spreading Corona 19 between humans and animals at a regular briefing today, saying, "A case of infection from humans to companion animals has been confirmed, but the reverse direction has not been confirmed."
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun revealed at a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters that "the authorities confirmed that a companion animal was infected with Corona 19 during the epidemiological investigation of a group infection case.
The infected pet was identified as a cat at the Jinju International Prayer Center in Gyeongnam.
Authorities confirmed that the cat was confirmed during an epidemiological investigation into this prayer center.
In this prayer hall, there have been over 100 confirmed patients.
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