Though there have been no cases of animal-to-human transmission and no evidence, according to Mayo Clinic and the CDC, that viruses can spread to people from a pet's skin, fur or hair, this does not excuse its possibility and the likely transmission through respiratory droplets.

In a letter, which was composed by a vast number of established doctors, in the New England Journal of Medicine, it is stated that the confirmation of cats transmitting the virus to other cats calls for more study at the possibility of animal to human transmission. In particular, they state "cats may be a silent intermediate host of SARS-CoV-2, because infected cats may not show any appreciable symptoms that might be recognized by their owners.”