We report a therapy cat in a nursing home in Germany infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 during a cluster outbreak in the home residents. Although we confirmed prolonged presence of virus RNA in the asymptomatic cat, genome sequencing showed no further role of the cat in human infections on site.
Keywords: COVID-19; Germany; RNA; SARS-CoV-2; animal reservoir; cluster outbreak; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; pandemic; respiratory infections; retirement home; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; shedding; therapy cat; viruses; zoonoses.