THIS IS NOT CANON
Night of 12th of January, 2024.
In the PRC city of Huwan, food market is selling goods like always. All kinds of strange animals and other exotic foods are sold here.
The city experiences this night like every other… until a few dozen people started feeling unwell…
They quickly start developing strange skin forms at their heads and a “tail” also begins to form.
…
By the time Sun’s shield rises up on 13th of January, hundreds if not thousands of cat-people are running around and infecting everyone nearby with SCP-8610, while the CCP has just received information about the developing situation.