In Belgium, a cat had diarrhea, experienced vomiting, and difficulty breathing after being infected with COVID-19 from its owner who traveled from Northern Italy.

On that same day, Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department released a report of a 17-year-old Pomeranian that was initially tested “weak positive” for SARS-CoV-2 yielded results confirming COVID-19 infection.

This raises the question of “Should pets be tested for COVID-19?” to avoid the spread of infection to humans and other animals.

Timothy Baszler, Executive Director of the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) says that “Even though we have no evidence that pets can transmit the virus, we desperately need [more] evidence one way or the other.”

News source: sciencemag.org

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