Cats have long known to be susceptible to the coronavirus like many other animals, but only now are concerns being raised that pet cats can infect their human owners following research into a suspected transmission in Thailand. Researchers publishing a case report in the scientific journal Emerging Infectious Diseases in June now believe the coronavirus can probably be transmitted from cats to humans. The scientists described a case in Thailand in which a female veterinarian was infected with the virus in August 2021 while treating a cat in the southern Thai city of Songkhla. During nasal swab…