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Four-year-old tiger at Bronx zoo tests positive for Covid-19

The four-year-old tiger is expected to make a full recovery.

A TIGER AT New York’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19, the institution said has said.

It is believed to have contracted the virus from a caretaker who was asymptomatic at the time.

The four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia, along with her sister Azul, two Amur tigers, and three African lions all developed dry coughs and are expected to fully recover, the Wildlife Conservation Society that runs the city’s zoos said in a statement.

“We tested the cat out of an abundance of caution and will ensure any knowledge we gain about COVID-19 will contribute to the world’s continuing understanding of this novel coronavirus,” a statement said.

“Though they have experienced some decrease in appetite, the cats at the Bronx Zoo are otherwise doing well under veterinary care and are bright, alert, and interactive with their keepers,” the statement continued. 

“It is not known how this disease will develop in big cats since different species can react differently to novel infections, but we will continue to monitor them closely and anticipate full recoveries.”

All four zoos and the aquarium in New York – whose virus death toll has topped 4,000 – have been closed since 16 March.

The zoo emphasized that 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”.

Chinese disease control officials had identified wild animals sold in a Wuhan market as the source of the coronavirus pandemic that has infected well over one million people worldwide.

According to the US Department of Agriculture website there had “not been reports of pets or other animals” in the United States falling ill with coronavirus prior to news of the tiger Nadia.

“It is still recommended that people sick with COVID-19 limit contact with animals until more information is known about the virus,” the Department’s website says. 

In late March, a pet cat was discovered infected with the novel coronavirus in Belgium, following similar cases in Hong Kong where two dogs tested positive for COVID-19.

All of those animals are believed to have contracted the virus from the people they live with.

The Bronx zoo said preventative measures were in place for caretakers as well as all cats in the city’s zoos.  

© – AFP 2020

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    Jul 12th 2022, 3:49 PM

    Oil prices plunged……. lets see it at the pumps

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    Jul 12th 2022, 4:06 PM

    @Gert McNulty: 2.02 here for diesel in Dundalk. Think I seen it at 1.98 at some places.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 4:13 PM

    @Gert McNulty: won’t happen. MM and LV making to much money on taxing petrol. Just stay hard pressed, head down and don’t question. That’s what they like.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 5:03 PM

    @Gert McNulty: the euro has plunged in value against the dollar (of which oil is bought and sold) so this will have a negative effect on the prices at the pump, fall in oil prices will cancel this out somewhat.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 5:24 PM

    @Gert McNulty: WE wont see todays oil price for another few weeks yet but hopefully it will come to fruition at the pumps

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    Jul 12th 2022, 7:42 PM

    @JillyBean: its funny. It goes up aful quick the other way !!

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    Jul 12th 2022, 5:14 PM

    On the plus side, it will encourage American tourists to spend more. On the negative side, there’ll be more Americans visiting here.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 5:25 PM

    @Buzz Killington: lol

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    Jul 12th 2022, 3:21 PM

    Already here

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    Jul 12th 2022, 4:14 PM

    People don’t realise this is big news

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    Jul 12th 2022, 4:51 PM

    I keep an eye on about 4 different currencies including the dollar because I travel quite a bit with the job.
    The only thing I see is a strengthening USD. The Euro hasn’t really changed against the others at all.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 4:05 PM

    A European wide recession ?? Let’s blame FF FG and the Greens of course ..

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    Jul 12th 2022, 6:47 PM

    @Ciaran: how about SF they definitely are to blame with their expensive dinners

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    Jul 12th 2022, 3:20 PM

    Arrrgghh, money

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    Jul 12th 2022, 3:44 PM

    If raising interest rates in the states is having the slowing effect, why is Europe not raising theirs?

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    Jul 12th 2022, 3:49 PM

    @The Bolt: They are.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 4:00 PM

    @JedBartlett: Kind of want to get a move on wouldn’t they? There’s obviously more pain to come the longer they leave it, no?

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    Jul 12th 2022, 8:08 PM

    US started the war, now the EU is the victim

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    Jul 12th 2022, 8:40 PM

    @Godknows: The US never starts a war near the US.
    The people of the US would never tolerate fighting a war near its own territory.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 9:31 PM

    @Roger Bond: That’s because we all have guns.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 10:06 PM

    @Roger Bond: now we will see American will try to sell gas to Europe this winter

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    Jul 12th 2022, 10:10 PM

    @Godknows: Hmm. And here I thought Russia started the war. Must be mistaken. Surely no one would be Putin’s lap dog.

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    Jul 12th 2022, 10:37 PM

    @Steven C. Schulz: Wake up!

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    Jul 13th 2022, 1:08 PM

    This makes European exports to USA so much cheaper and more competitive to other products and markets. This is only the problem with imports.

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