Hong Kong to Cull More Than 2,000 Hamsters After Pet Store COVID-19 Outbreak


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Eleven of the store's hamsters were found to have the virus after an employee and customer at the Hong Kong shop tested positive. Hong Kong is set to cull more than 2,000 hamsters from a local pet store after the animals tested positive for COVID-19, The New York Times reported. Hong Kong will also impose a ban of import of hamsters after a pet shop worker, a customer and at least 11 hamsters tested positive for the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus, The New York Times said. “Evidence shows that the hamsters are infected with the COVID-19 virus ....