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Hong Kong officials try to track down Dutch hamsters – with Covid Photo: Depositphotos.com The authorities in Hong Kong are anxious to trace the whereabouts of hamsters, reportedly imported from the Netherlands, which may be infected with coronavirus. Some of the hamsters were sold at a pet shop whose owner has since been diagnosed with coronavirus, local media reported. Subsequent testing of the animals in the shop showed that eleven hamsters had the Delta variant. Hong Kong has been virtually free of coronavirus infections in the last year because of stringent measures. People who purchased a hamster in the last...
