Three cats, masculine! Euthanized according to law

Ms. Liu said that on the 27th, she received a notice from the community staff that the swab samples of her 3 cats were all positive, because there is no precedent for treating pets, they said that they would euthanize my cat and needed to write a consent form myself, I did not agree. "Ms. Liu hopes to give the cat a chance to be treated."

Confirmed case in Nangang District, Harbin: 3 cats in the family twice tested positive for nucleic acid  Euthanized according to law. Beijing News Our Video Production (ID: wevideo)

On September 28, Ms. Liu, a confirmed case in Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang, first claimed that she had been isolated in the hospital for many days and was cooperating with treatment, and on the 27th, the community staff informed her that the three cats she left at home were euthanized twice because of two positive nucleic acid tests, and she was asked to write a consent form. On the 28th, the community staff told the Beijing News reporter that they had previously done 2 swab tests for cats, and the test results were positive, and now they are waiting for relevant departments to do euthanasia treatment.

On the afternoon of the 28th, the Beijing News reporter contacted Feng Zijian, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, who said that he could see whether he continued to be positive through continuous testing of cats, and if he continued to be positive, he would be euthanized.

At about 6:30 p.m. on the 28th, the Beijing News reporter learned that Ms. Liu's three cats had been euthanized.

Ms. Liu's cat. Courtesy of respondents

Three cats in the confirmed case's home tested positive for nucleic acid twice

On the morning of the 28th, Ms. Liu, a confirmed case in Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang, sent a request for help on social platforms, saying that she was a patient diagnosed with new crown and was now actively cooperating with treatment in the hospital, the symptoms were alleviated, and it was expected that she could "turn yin" as soon as possible, because she was worried about the 3 cats raised at home. On the 27th, she learned from the community staff that her three domestic cats had tested positive and would be euthanized.

Ms. Liu told the Beijing News that her 3 cats are a Siamese cat and two Garfield cats, which have accompanied her for four to six years. On September 21, she was isolated for confirmed covid-19, and while she was in the hospital, she equipped the cat with enough water and food, and community workers regularly came to her home to help take care of it. Community workers entered her home three times to test her living environment and took swabs on three cats.

Experts: Pets that continue to test positive are euthanized

On the afternoon of the 28th, the staff of Ms. Liu's community told the Beijing News reporter that the local animal epidemic prevention department had done 2 swabs on the cat, and the test results were positive, At present, there is no professional treatment for animals, according to the results of these two tests, we notified the cat owner that the disease control department will euthanize the cat. ”

The above-mentioned staff said that if the cat is not treated, the living environment of the cat owner will always show positive, "the positive living environment, she will definitely not be able to come back to live, their unit, and even the entire community can not come back to live, so the epidemic will never end." ”

On the afternoon of the 28th, the Beijing News reporter contacted Feng Zijian, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, who introduced that there is little experience in the treatment of animal infection with the new crown virus, for cats, the detoxification time and detoxification method of cats are not clear, after the cat detoxification, it is difficult to completely eliminate in the family, if the cat continues to carry the virus, there will be a risk of transmission, so the treatment process needs to be cautious.

Feng Zijian said that it is possible to see whether the cat is continuously positive by continuous testing, and if it is persistently positive, it should be euthanized.

The Beijing News reporter found that according to Article 42 of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, the outbreak of infectious diseases can be prevented and controlled in accordance with the prevention and control plan, and when necessary, infected wild animals, livestock and poultry can be controlled or culled.