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Hong Kong will destroy more than 2,000 hamsters and ban the import of small animals after a pet store employee, a customer and at least 11 rodents tested positive for the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Officials said Tuesday that it was not clear the virus had been transmitted to humans by imported hamsters. But they urged residents to hand over imported hamsters from Dec. 22 to be tested and euthanized to prevent any further spread. They are excreting the virus and the virus can infect other animals, other rodents and also human beings, said Thomas Sit, assistant director of...
