Malayan tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo tests positive for Covid-19 | Malay Mail

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NEW YORK, April 6 — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the first known case of a human infecting an animal and making it sick, the zoo's chief veterinarian said yesterday. Nadia, the four-year-old Malayan...

Nadia, a female Malayan tiger at the New York Bronx Zoo, has tested positive for Covid-19, seen in this undated handout photo. — WCS/Handout via Reuters pic

Nadia, the four-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was screened for the Covid-19 disease after developing a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement. All of the cats are expected to recover, it said.

But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after exposure to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters. Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger.

 

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