Tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for the coronavirus, British PM Boris Johnson admitted to hospital for tests



A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York has tested positive for the coronavirus. 


The 4-year-old female Malaysian tiger, Nadia, had developed a dry cough and was tested "out of an abundance of caution," the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo said in a statement. 


The diagnosis was confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratories. It is the first confirmed COVID-19 case in a tiger


Several tigers and lions at the zoo showed symptoms of a respiratory ilness, the USDA said. 


The tiger who tested positive is believed to have become infected by a zoo employee. The tiger first began to show symptoms on March 27, the USDA said. —Kevin Stankiewicz