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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 19:10 UTC

Tag: cat

  • Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

    UK pet cat tested positive for Covid-19: owners infected the animal

    The British environment ministry said “all available evidence” suggested the cat had contracted the coronavirus from its owners, who had both tested positive

    A pet cat has tested positive in England for the new coronavirus that causes Covid-19, the government said on Monday, in the first confirmed case of an animal being infected with the virus in Britain.

  • Saturday, May 9th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

    Dead cat in Catalonia tests positive for coronavirus

    The cat was the sixth feline to be detected with the disease globally. It belonged to a household in Barcelona area where several family members had caught the virus

    A cat belonging to a family in the Spanish region of Catalonia tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the professor who conducted an autopsy on the pet said on Friday. It did not die from the virus, however, but from a pre-existing respiratory condition fairly common among cats, said Professor Joaquim Segales of Catalonia's Animal Health Research Centre.