Tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

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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 a human infecting an animal and making it sick, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday. Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was screened for the Covid-19 disease after developing a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement. All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. Read more at bit.ly/3e4pKGX WATCH MORE: thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: fb.com/TheStarOnline