Papille purrs contentedly as her owner rubs the back of her head, her coat glossy and her eyes a piercing green — back to her old affection-seeking self after recovering from Covid-19, Reuters reports.

The nine-year-old cat is the first known case of a pet being infected by the coronavirus in France. There have only been a handful of other known cases globally. The likely source of infection; her owners, themselves Covid-19 sufferers.