After years, mystery of ‘cat Covid’ solved

It was the dogs’ fault – sort of

The cause behind the ‘cat Covid’ epidemic of 2023 has now been established, according to a UK team led by a Cypriot scientist.

‘Cyprus becomes “island of dead cats” after outbreak of feline coronavirus kills 300,000,’ went the headline in The Telegraph in July of that year. ‘Why deadly cat virus in Cyprus could be “potentially catastrophic for UK”,’ catastrophised Sky News in August. ‘New feline coronavirus blamed for thousands of cat deaths...