Even if the pet cat is confirmed to be infected with the virus, there is no evidence in studies in various countries that the virus will be transmitted from cats and dogs to people.

In other words, as far as the current virus transmission is concerned, even if the cats in the family are infected with the virus, they are highly likely to not cause harm to people. Most infected pet cats actually do not need "treatment".

FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) once made a special page for the FAQs and Answers about the new coronavirus and pets, which mentioned that infected pets may be asymptomatic or may seem to be "sick", but the symptoms are generally not serious.

Usually, just look for an ordinary veterinarian or isolate and observe whether it can heal itself and turn negative.

This is also the reason why many experts do not recommend virus testing for pets: they have no clear role in the current epidemic transmission, but once pets are required to be tested, it is easy to cause panic and overreaction.

An Australian veterinarian was extremely angry about this. Because of his excessive concern about pet infection, he actually received three calls within two weeks, all of which were afraid and asked the veterinarian to help them "handle" their pets.

Pets with extremely limited range of activities are mostly infected by their owners because they bring the virus home. They are also victims of the epidemic rather than perpetrators.