Tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo tests positive for COVID-19
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A four-year-old Malayan tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for COVID-19.
A four-year-old Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19, the zoo announced on Sunday, April 5.
It is the first known case of COVID-19 in an animal in the United States or globally, according to to the United States Deparment of Agriculture's (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
Nadia, the COVID-19 positive tiger, was reportedly exposed by an asymptomatic worker in the zoo.
4 year old female Malayan Tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for #covid19 ... 3 other tigers and 3 African lions also have dry coughs. All cats expected to recover. @BronxZoo says asymptomatic employee infected the cats. #nbc4ny (📷: WCS) pic.twitter.com/7KhIJpcCjv
-- Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) April 5, 2020
According to Reuters report, the virus that causes COVID-19 is believed to have spread from animals to humans, and a handful of animals have tested positive in Hong Kong.
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