Tigers at bronx zoo test posotive for cv19

[soulboy118]

I'd like to know who wasnt social distancing from a tiger ? 🤔😄

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It was the Keeper.

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A four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The tiger, named Nadia, is believed to be the first known case of an animal infected with Covid-19 in the US.

The Bronx Zoo, in New York City, says the test result was confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Iowa.

Nadia, along with six other big cats, is thought to have been infected by an asymptomatic zoo keeper.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-can...

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They managed to find his cap at the scene...? Rough justice I'd say! 🤗

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The cats started showing symptoms, including a dry cough, late last month after exposure to the employee, who has not been identified.

"This is the first time that any of us know of anywhere in the world that a person infected the animal and the animal got sick," Paul Calle, the chief veterinarian at the zoo, told Reuters news agency on Sunday.

There have been isolated instances of pets testing positive for the coronavirus elsewhere in the world, but experts have stressed there is no evidence they can become sick or spread the disease.

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Now that IS a worry! 🤔

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It is ..

[Badbessie in reply to Hidden]

I totally agree. If it is showing the capacity to jump species then it is very worrying there is not much difference in DNA from a tiger to a house cat. As soon as I saw it on TV I thought OMG.

[Mandy6513]

I'm confused by this because I've read about some pets contracting it but I'm sure the keeper of these tigers would have kept a distance of more than 2 meters so how on earth did they get it off him. It must have been from food handling or something similar which makes me glad that I antibac everything that comes into my house including shopping and post

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Not only is this going cross-species, but I hear it's mutating to! Where will this end?? It would be ironic if the human race - supposedly the most intelligent creature on Earth - is wiped out by a single celled organism!!! ☠🤔

[soulboy118 in reply to Hidden]

Just waiting for the alert from porton down that a virus has escaped ,let's hope not though

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The indications are that it possibly originated somewhat further East...? 😒🤐

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They always want to find ground zero , let's hope they do