Animals and the Coronavirus

This week seven animals at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, have fallen ill and one of them, a beautiful four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia has been diagnosed with coronavirus.

This is the first time an animal in the US has been infected with the disease, but also the first time a tiger has been infected, anywhere. The other infected animals are Nadia's sister Azul, two Amur tigers and three African lions. They were all in contact with the same zoo worker and exhibited symptoms including dry coughs, some wheezing and loss of appetite.

The zoo worker is doing okay. Let's hope we can say the same for these beautiful animals.