Domestic cats and dogs may have to be vaccinated in the future against Covid-19 to protect people
This is a quick note but one worth making nonetheless. I think I can predict that in the long term, perhaps in about 18 months to 2 years time, governments in various countries, perhaps predominantly in the West, will be thinking about vaccinating companion animals as a second phase protective measure against Covid-19. This is because there is a concern amongst some scientists that animals may create a reservoir for mutant variants of the Covid-19 virus. As the virus is zoonotic it can theoretically and actually be transmitted from animals to people and this must apply also to companion animals. Danish mink farmer with white mink due to be euthanised. Photo per credit Perhaps because of the general panicked nature of governmental responses to the coronavirus pandemic, not enough work has been done on this aspect of the spread of the disease. In addition nobody wants to alarm anybody which may lead to companion animal abuse. In fact, in China, at the outset of the pandemic, there were
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If you live in the USA there are cat fosterers in the USA. These are individual people working voluntarily for a cat charity who are involved in rehoming. They may be able to help. The fosterer looks after a cat in their home as if they own the cat. They are knowledgeable and good cat people.
I don't know where you are so can't research a particular organisation.
Hope this helps.
The Cinnamon Trust has a network of volunteers to provide help such as walking the dog for an owner who can no longer do so. It has a national pet fostering service for a pet whose owner goes into hospital, and also provides long term care for a pet whose owner has died or moved into accommodation that does not accept pets.
http://cat-chitchat.pictures-of-cats.org/2014/06/criminal-wants-someone-to-look-after.html