Malayan tiger Nadia has tested positive for coronavirus at Bronx Zoo in New York, United States.
"Our cats were infected by a person caring for them who was asymptomatically infected with the virus or before that person developed symptoms," the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.
6 more big cats have developed symptoms of "dry cough" but are otherwise doing well, informed the authorities.
The test to determine the presence of coronavirus in animals in different than the test in humans.
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