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Hong Kong officials said Tuesday that they will slaughter roughly 2,000 animals after 11 hamsters tested positive for the COVID-19 at a pet store where an employee was also affected. Authorities told Voice of America that the city would also ban the selling of hamsters and the import of small animals. A pet store employee tested positive for the COVID-19 Delta strain on Monday, as did other hamsters imported from the Netherlands at the business. Local media said anyone who purchased a hamster after Dec. 22 should surrender the creatures. Close contacts of COVID-positive patients will be quarantined for two...
