Vice (April 20) – “There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever — worldwide, period, at all — that shows that cats can give the infection to people,” said Samantha Sander from the University of Illinois. (Her quote given to a different news source was used in this article about people in Indonesia abandoning pet cats.)
https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/epge84/indonesians-abandon-cats-coronavirus-fears