{"id":251508,"date":"2020-04-07T20:58:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T00:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=251508"},"modified":"2020-04-07T20:58:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T00:58:14","slug":"tiger-at-new-york-zoo-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/07\/tiger-at-new-york-zoo-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger at New York zoo tests positive for Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a statement Sunday, the Wildlife Conservation Society said Nadia, a four-year-old female Malayan tiger, has tested positive for Covid-19. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 A tiger at New York City\u2019s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known infection of an animal in the US.<\/p>\n

In a statement Sunday, the Wildlife Conservation Society said Nadia, a four-year-old female Malayan tiger, has tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n

“She, her sister Azul, two Amur tigers, and three African lions had developed a dry cough and all are expected to recover,” it said.<\/p>\n

“Our cats were infected by a person caring for them who was asymptomatically infected with the virus or before that person developed symptoms,” said the statement.<\/p>\n

The positive test for the tiger was confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory based in Ames, Iowa.<\/p>\n

“There is no evidence that animals play a role in the transmission of Covid-19 to people other than the initial event in the Wuhan market and no evidence that any person has been infected with Covid-19 in the US by animals, including by pet dogs or cats,” it concluded.<\/p>\n

Emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December, the virus has since spread to 181 countries and regions.<\/p>\n

There are more than 1.2 million confirmed infections worldwide and 69,100 deaths, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 260,000 have recovered.\u00a0(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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