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Authorities on Hong Kong Island announced they would cull 2,000 small animals after a hamster in a pet store tested positive for COVID and infected one of the employees, the Associated Press reported. According to the report, on Monday, Jan. 17, a pet store employee tested positive for COVID of the delta variant. As a result, several hamsters sold at the store from the Netherlands were tested. All tested positive for COVID. Therefore, officials from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation announced that the sale and importation of small mammals would be canceled. The Centers for Communicable Diseases (CDC)...
