Humans develop TB after cat contact in 'world first'
Two people have developed tuberculosis (TB) after contact with a cat in the first ever recorded cases of cat-to-human transmission, officials have said.
Health body: 'Very low' risk of cat owners getting TB
Public Health England has said the risk of cat owners contracting tuberculosis is "very low" after two people developed the disease after coming into contact with a cat.
Professor Dilys Morgan told ITV News, "Something strange has happened in this instance".
"We don't know exactly what's happened but I don't think that we can read too much into it, that it is an increasing trend," she added.
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