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Tigers and lions at the New York Zoo got corona

New York. After a positive test in the tiger cat Nadia, the novel corona virus was also detected in three lions and four other tigers in a zoo in New York. The tests on the other animals were carried out using stool samples, the Bronx Zoo announced on Thursday night. All eight big cats are still doing well, they are behaving normally and those who have coughed have already reduced this significantly.

About two weeks ago, the zoo announced that the four-year-old Malaysian tiger cat Nadia had tested positive for the virus. “As far as we know, it is the first time that a wild animal has been infected with Covid-19 by a person,” the zoo’s chief veterinarian, Paul Calle, told National Geographic magazine afterwards.

Probably a keeper had infected the big cats unnoticed

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A carer probably carried the virus but showed no symptoms. The protective measures have been increased. The zoo has been closed to visitors for around three weeks due to the corona crisis. In the United States, the virus was also found in two domestic cats.

So far, no coronavirus infections are known in animals in German zoos, said Sebastian Scholze, spokesman for the Association of Zoological Gardens, on Thursday.

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