One Day, Suddenly, Seoul Is - Vol. 1 Ch. 24

[MangaDex]

 

[Seink]

Actually no virus had cells, right?
If it has a cell, it's a bacteria, not a virus...

 

[Gspot43]

Actually no virus had cells, right?
If it has a cell, it's a bacteria, not a virus...

Correct. But I do remember there are really rare cases of it not applying

 

[AnimuVsMango]

C U C K E D

Actually no virus had cells, right?
If it has a cell, it's a bacteria, not a virus...

I think this is just a case of poor translation+the author not knowing what they're talking about. "The virus" probably refers to the entity that is infecting everything as a whole, and the "cells" are the fruiting bodies that actually carry out the process of infection.