"Coronavirus: 'Pets no risk to owners' vets stress
By Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News "

"Veterinary scientists have recommended cat owners keep their pets indoors to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus among animals.

But the British Veterinary Association stressed "owners should not worry" about risk of infection from pets.

"There isn't a single case of a pet dog or cat infecting a human with Covid-19," Dr Angel Almendros, from City University in Hong Kong, told BBC News.

Research has shown cats may be able to catch the virus from other cats. "

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52204534

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@design_RG That is a very dishonest statement by Dr. Angel...

Yes its true we dont have any confirmed cases of animals infecting humans, but that is entirely because in virtually **all** cases where someone gets infected the original source is unknown. So that tells us nothing about how likely it is to spread from cat to human.

What we do know is we have dozens of cases of animals testing positive for COVID-19, while they are more weakly infected than humans it seems they do get infected and as such are very much capable of spreading the disease, at least in theory.