With the world is going through turmoil and chaos due to coronavirus, people are under quarantine. However, the case of United States is getting severe day by day. Call it bad governance of US President Donald Trump or people's irresponsible behaviour.
After the pandemic, what the relief was the animals are free from this deadly virus, but a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the first known case of COVID-19 in an animal in the United States or a tiger globally, a zoo spokesman said on Sunday.
Nadia, the 4-year-old female Malayan tiger that tested positive, had developed a dry cough but is expected to recover, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, 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 continuing understanding of this novel coronavirus,” WCS said in the statement.
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The positive test marked the first coronavirus case for a tiger anywhere and the first of an animal in the United States, spokesman Stephen Sautner said.