Cyprus to begin treating island’s sick cats with anti-Covid pills
by Helena Smith in Athens from Science | The Guardian on (#6DQ57)
Vets receive medication originally meant for people amid virulent feline coronavirus that has killed thousands of cats
Veterinary services in Cyprus have received a first batch of anti-Covid pills, from a stockpile originally meant for humans, as efforts intensify to stop the spread of a virulent strain of feline coronavirus that has killed thousands of cats.
The island's health ministry began discharging the treatment on 8 August - long celebrated as International Cat Day - in what is hoped will be the beginning of the end of the disease that has struck the Mediterranean country's feline population.
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